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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (131244)	5/3/2004 11:06:51 PM
From: h0db	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hawk, even it control of oil and all that would entail were a goal of "worldwide Jihadi," it is folly to fight this war this way to prevent it. Our actions over the past year--and especially over the past month--threaten to destabilize the entire region. Anti-US sentiment is being fueled by the missteps in Iraq. What you ultimately seek to avoid we may in fact be making more likely. We need to put a lot more boots on the ground, at least two more heavy divisions. Do you know how many tanks we have in Iraq right now? 70. We also need to punish, not reprimand, US persons responsible for human rights abuses. If you are right, and the stakes are as high as you think, we have got to stop half-assing this. Otherwise, we are on track to a confrontation with the real armed insurgency, the Badr army controlled by the dominant Shi'ia in the south.