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To: Win Smith who wrote (132663)	5/11/2004 10:51:23 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<<Now, looking ahead, we face another irony. To earn their own freedom, the Iraqis need a victory. And since it is too late for the Iraqis to have a victory over Saddam, it is imperative that they have a victory over us. If the future textbooks of a free Iraq get written, the toppling of Saddam will be vaguely mentioned in one clause in one sentence. But the heroic Iraqi resistance against the American occupation will be lavishly described, page after page. For us to succeed in Iraq, we have to lose.>>> An excellent proposition and we have two good places to start where the Iraqis can consider themslves winners-Fallugha and Najif. We have destroyed many munitions and insurgents in Fallugha, and when we leave Iraqis can say they drove us out. And forced us to call on the Iraqi police to stabilize matters when we could not. Something similar could happen in Najif, for another Iraqi 'win'. I believe the residents of Najif are thinking very carefully whether they welcome any insurgent action in town that will bring them the same treatment visited on Fallugha. Changes in the IGC plans by the respected Iraqi leaders could also represent a 'win'. There is no need to remind the people that the US will stay in Iraq for years to support the new government and quell any military uprisings. It is enough that the Government will appreciate that aspect. Sig