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To: michael97123 who wrote (46580)	5/24/2004 11:01:11 AM
From: Rollcast...	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794009

A "tough" Kerry administration? He just announced his intention to "Mogadishu" and have every soldier out by the end of his first term... If gaining "international support" means committing to a full retreat then Kerry is certainly the man for the job. Schroeder, Chirac, and Mr Bean down in Spain will NEVER put troops into Iraq except as a token gesture of support for their newly elected puppet. I saw an interview (I think MSNBC) where it was floated that the UN and Nato could become re-involved on a trial basis based on city... Start in the north or south with a smaller city by designating it a UN/Nato area and then have them take care of security. That would be a start... it could be "stair stepped" up to larger/more cities based on success. That sounded plausible but would require some level of consensus desire for success of US goals in Iraq.... Will it happen? Who would lead it? Which NATO or even non-nato country will make that sort of commitment? Seems to me to be too much of a political risk at this point for any foreign leader to take that jump. Perhaps this is why the UN OFF corruption is being downplayed by the admin? If Kofi spins around and says he wants peacekeepers and the UN back in Iraq...

To: michael97123 who wrote (46580)	5/24/2004 11:45:27 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794009

Here is LGF on Zinni 5/23/2004: Zinni to Promote Book Here comes another retired official with another anti-Bush book to promote on 60 Minutes: Gen. Zinni: ‘They’ve Screwed Up’. (Hat tip: Ann.) Zinni is famous for being the ineffective, underachieving “Special Envoy” to the Middle East who we affectionately dubbed “Zinni the Yoyo” in 2002. The terror gangs used his visits for ready-made publicity, staging a suicide bombing every time Zinni came to call, sending him home emptyhanded again and again while he kept bleating about arranging a “truce.” And even the Palestinians distrusted him—unlike 60 Minutes. UPDATE: Just like the Richard Clarke book, Clancy and Zinni’s book is being published by Simon and Schuster, who are owned by Viacom, who also own CBS News, who produce, oddly enough, 60 Minutes.