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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (131010)	5/2/2004 4:20:24 PM
From: h0db	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Zinni is a former Marine General, not an Admiral. He was commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM) before Tommy Franks. He also gave this recent interview: Message 20073623

To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (131010)	5/2/2004 5:09:06 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Zinni has picked his shots carefully He certainly has.. Because nowhere in that article do I see him stating "well, the fat's in the fire now, this is what we need to do to resolve it favorably". Even his more recent comments about how to govern in Iraq are rather subjective and non-specific: strategypage.com And even now Zinni states that withdrawing from Iraq is not an option (did you know that?) Before his retirement in 2000, Zinni drew up invasion plans that he said called for considerably more troops than the 140,000 now in Iraq. "The plan was criticized by this Pentagon as overestimating the amount of troops. ... But actually, the plan had those troops built into it because we looked at the security requirements immediately afterwards," he said. While expressing skepticism over how the United States got into Iraq, Zinni said withdrawing was not an option. "We can't fail in Iraq. We have to live up to this commitment," he said. "But what we need now is a very detailed plan." commondreams.org We need more answers and solutions to the current problem in Iraq (and the entire region).. The incessant criticism merely induces "paralysis by over-analysis", with the option defaulting to doing nothing but hope the situation gets better by itself.. Saddam, and his regime, are gone.. What we need now are solutions that create a stable, and hopefully a fledling democratic state, where no single entity will again be able to dominate the government, economy, and foreign policy. If there must be criticism, let it be CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.. whether it be from you, Zinni, or anyone else. It's easy to complain about the current state of affairs in Iraq.. The mistakes, the misjudgements, and in some cases, the incompetence. But the mission is important and we ALL need to get behind whatever solution is agreed upon by the majority of parties. Do you have any solutions? Hawk