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To: Lane3 who wrote (41843)	5/2/2004 4:12:23 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793618

And won't it be wonderful 5-10 years down the road if we are able to say that our actions in Iraq were right and good. For the people of Iraq....and hopefully all of the ME...... to have free trade with and to coordinate the business of being able, as independent human beings, to conduct their lives on the same equal footing with all of the people of the world as we do with other free and independent nations. Some of us can easily envision that future including most of the men and women serving in our military. M

To: Lane3 who wrote (41843)	5/2/2004 6:01:42 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793618

. I have been observing what looks like the early stages of mourning the failure given that it's becoming more clear even to supporters that failure is an possibility I think the mourning is for the hoped-for triumph, and the realization that those who want an American & Iraqi victory in Iraq must fight 95% of world media, including our own, who are all rooting for an American defeat.

To: Lane3 who wrote (41843)	5/3/2004 3:02:04 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793618

"I'm confident that most supporters will go to their graves believing it was the right decision (going into Iraq) regardless of what may ensue." Well jeepers, that's a revelation. Unless something significant, & as yet reported, comes out to change the perception of why we went into Iraq in the first place, there is no reason to change your mind about it. Just about everyone has made up their mind why we went into Iraq & whether it was worth it. Granted, there are massive forces globally working furiously to prevent success in Iraq (you know - many within the liberal media - certain liberal politicians - certain extremists on the left - the criminals, 'er politicians who took bribes from Saddam - any number of Arab thugocrocies - and the various terrorist networks around the globe. But their success in ruining independence & democracy in Iraq should not automatically make the reasons for removing Saddam wrong. They are, after all, separate events requiring separate strategies. Who would have thought that after most of the world being so completely wrong about the war, that those same disparate groups would fight harder to thwart the Coalition of the willing in the war's aftermath?