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To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (117623)	10/24/2003 7:55:11 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

> I think it was more like procrastination and wishful thinking, rather than ever decisively dealing with the problem Possible, but I don't think so. I think what we wanted was an Iraq that was so weak it could not be a threat to other countries, but not so weak that it would be at the mercy of Iran and Turkey (or would just disintegrate). The measures that were in place were doing a good job of this. > If the UN wasn't so worthless, something would have been done about a dictatorship like that long ago You should not have such expectations. Removing dictatorships is NOT a UN mandate. The UN mandate is to prevent war as much as possible. In that respect, UN was doing its job even as it was opposing the invasion. > By the way, I don't think any of the comparisons bandied about (Vietnam, Algeria, etc) are pertinent. I completely agree. There is actually some merits to the Neocon plan at a theoretical level. But I think the plan is doomed because of the conflicting interests and priorities. It is also doomed because of the attitudes and execution style.