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To: Neocon who wrote (139107)	7/7/2004 1:01:32 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

But he WAS forced in to cooperating. When one can force cooperation, it makes it rather unnecessary to invade (and cheaper, too).

To: Neocon who wrote (139107)	7/7/2004 7:26:29 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

The high degree of effectiveness of inspections made war a needless and unwise diversion from the "war on terror". Our invasion hurt America. That is what you cannot seem to absorb. We are worse off now than we were before we invaded Iraq.

To: Neocon who wrote (139107)	7/7/2004 8:15:23 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Iraq, Afghanistan leave US forces stretched thin: general 2 hours, 28 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AFP) - US forces have been severely strained by military operations in Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites), a top Pentagon (news - web sites) official testified before a congressional committee. General Richard Cody told a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee that recent troop deployments have taken a toll on US readiness to deploy elsewhere, and even to replace troops currently deployed taking part in US-led military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Are we stretched thin with our active and reserve component forces right now? Absolutely," Cody, told lawmakers at the hearing on US troop rotations. "We just did the largest move of the Army since World War II. You can't move 8.5 divisions and 240,000 soldiers without stressing the force," he said adding the military officials "are concerned about it." ..............continued news.yahoo.com