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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (118090)	10/30/2003 1:22:36 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The US needs to let go of the economic future of Iraq -- the contracting process. That would open the door for a real multinational force and a real UN role. We also must step back from the political process. On the military front, the force in Iraq probably needs to be doubled for a period of time -- perhaps tripled -- to bring some semblance of stability. The US cannot do that -- we are already stretched too thin. We need hundreds of thousands of troops from other countries and a rapid deployment of a new Iraqi army. The exit strategy should be to get out asap -- knowing full well that we started a very risky political process with a low probability of success no matter what we do, and a high risk of prolonged civil/guerilla warfare that could spread throughout the region -- a war that is more likely to turn against us if we continue as we are now.