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To: LindyBill who wrote (21035)	12/22/2003 2:19:04 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794367

"We had to establish that we weren't the "pitiful, helpless, Giant" " ...and we had to do it to a credible adversary--not another Granada but one we could easily whoop without major casualties--our military and their civilians. Perhaps iran is a greater threat but a war in iran would not be a walkover and certainly not easy or NK with all the other dangers as in the destruction of seoul. Message delivered. The pictures of saddam had to be disquieting especially for Kim. And the iranians with american pressure on one side and the beginnings of a popular uprising on the other will have to at least accomodate the new reality. Mike