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To: Win Smith who wrote (138221)	6/28/2004 4:45:48 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 281500

Iraq's Repairman msnbc.msn.com Our man Petraeus is getting an awful lot of press, it seems. Perhaps a bit much on the hope front for one guy. Mission impossible? David Petraeus is tasked with rebuilding Iraq's security forces. An up-close look at the only real exit plan the United States has—the man himself

To: Win Smith who wrote (138221)	6/29/2004 1:32:44 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 281500

Life is always a "plan," Win. Unless you have or know something the rest of us don't. We always plan, and then life happens. You weren't sure if this was "hope" or a "plan".... I believe it is both. If you want to make God laugh, tell Him what you're doing tomorrow. "I know where this ends," said General Petraeus, 51, who earlier this month took control of a vast project to oversee the training of Iraqi security forces. "It ends with the Iraqis in charge of their country. You get as many Iraqis as possible to have a stake in the success of the new Iraq to defeat the insurgency."