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To: michael97123 who wrote (40217)	4/20/2004 2:31:49 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

Is there any convergence of views going on as far as you can see in europe between folks who were pro-iraq war and those who were anti? Difficult to tell. I don't have the time to follow the mood in other European countries. As far as Germany is concerned my impression is that the Schröder government currently tries to keep a low profile regarding Iraq. In the media a view by many commentators is that it is also in the interest of European countries that the USA succeeds in stabilizing Iraq and in establishing a democracy to an extent as permitted by circumstances.

To: michael97123 who wrote (40217)	4/29/2004 3:19:40 AM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793955

Live and Let Vote Hi Michael, here's another commentator joining us: Live and Let Vote By George F. Will Thursday, April 29, 2004; Page A25 washingtonpost.com ... The results of elections, including theocratic elements, may be markedly unlovely. That may break the big hearts of those in the U.S. government who hope for a luminously liberal democracy to shame the entire Middle East into emulation, thereby justifying the war originally justified primarily by the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. But pursuit of that ideal can impede achievement of something tolerable: a stable, perhaps illiberal, even authoritarian Iraq which cooperates in the war against terrorism. Call this an exit strategy.