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To: KyrosL who wrote (135653)	6/4/2004 5:43:20 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 281500

And that's where the idealism without illusions comes in. If they kick us out, they kick us out. Personally I think they will verbally be highly nationalist and thus perceived as not particularly pro-american. In practice they will allow us to help them. I sense a growing intolerance there for the suicide bombings killing ordinary iraqis and their leaders. I think after a burst of violence over the next few months, zarquawi will be marginalized. One of the biggest generalizations we make is to use the term baathist as a pejorative word. Using it makes us confuse genuine nationalism with the totalitarian regime under saddam. Baathist leaders certainly should be excluded and tried as war criminals but soldiers even most of those who were in the revolutionary guard as well as lower and mid-level civil servants under the old regime are a different case. The new regime should offer an olive branch. Another mistake is to lump al zarquawi and the shiaa nutcase al sadr. Shiaa leadership can deal with al sadr and control the iranians if they get out of control. There is no one to control zarquawis and he and his hard core must be neutralized and/or driven from iraq. Mike