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To: Win Smith who wrote (122405)	12/28/2003 9:34:48 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

Win, is this the appropriate forum to be discussing domestic politics? But since you seem to think so, maybe I can redirect it toward a foreign policy angle. It's NOT that the left has been so vitriolic in their discontent against Bush... It's the utter ABSENCE of realistic and viable foreign policy proposals being proposed as alternatives. And it's a lack of strategic vision and understanding of the issues that is so frightening about the democratic ticket.. For instance, I was amazed to hear Howard Dean RIGHTLY recognize that the US must do more to increase economic modernization in the middle east. But he failed to show any realistic manner in which this is going to be achieved in the face of corrupt and reactionary regimes who have little interest in diversifying their systems. It's easy to pronounce that we need to engage in a Marshall plan for the mid-east.. But first you have to overthrow, or diminish the power of those despots who would stand in the way, or seek to profit from, and control, such a program.. Now even I'm not quite sure if the Bush administration will be able to separate itself from its apparent connections to certain elements of the Saudi monarchy, given the historically close relations between US oil companies and the Saudis. But that could easily be mitigated should Iraq and those US companies form an even closer relationship. See Stockman_Scott's article on the current state of Saudi politics: Message 19633881 The Democrats are right to press Bush on the Saudi connection, but they'd better be prepared for the Pandora's box they are unleashing if they don't have a viable alternative to Bush's apparent strategy of trying to prop up Abdullah. Hawk