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To: stockman_scott who wrote (141850)	7/29/2004 10:29:51 AM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<<<But we should never go to war without a comprehensive plan for how to secure the peace once military victory has been won.>>> I object to this one statement which requires an assumption that we do win and that this or that will occur and that so many troops or people or money will be involved. We all have a vision of peace where the enemies attitude changes or they stay within their boundaries but war changes things rapidly and unpredictably. To accomplish a win requires total dedication.To go in with all guns blazing (if its a real war). Not spending time in 1941 deciding whether Russia or the US will control Paris or Berlin in 1945. Our goals are fairly clear, stop the terrorists and try to end nuclear and WMD development or employment. This must be done first or it is possible our Western economies will collapse or lands could become uninhabitable. In which case all the pre-war planning for the end of the war becomes useless. Sig