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To: Neocon who wrote (146618)	9/29/2004 3:39:38 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

RE: 20/20 hindsight Thats what the president should say rather than the Rovian double talk. Also classifying what is going on now as successful is as disingenous as teddy kennedy calling it a horrible quagmire. Maybe i am just looking for too much in pols. I cant imagine my political heroes undermining a presidents efforts as kerry has done but i also cant imagine JFK#1 calling the Bay of Pigs an unqualified success either. Iraq is less than that and bush should be forthright about that and kerry should be supportive of whatever US government is in place. The problem is each extreme action on either side leads to worse reaction on the other. Mike

To: Neocon who wrote (146618)	9/29/2004 3:43:09 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Growing Pessimism on Iraq Wed Sep 29, 1:00 AM ET washingtonpost.com By Dana Priest and Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post Staff Writers A growing number of career professionals within national security agencies believe that the situation in Iraq (news - web sites) is much worse, and the path to success much more tenuous, than is being expressed in public by top Bush administration officials, according to former and current government officials and assessments over the past year by intelligence officials at the CIA (news - web sites) and the departments of State and Defense. While President Bush (news - web sites), Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and others have delivered optimistic public appraisals, officials who fight the Iraqi insurgency and study it at the CIA and the State Department and within the Army officer corps believe the rebellion is deeper and more widespread than is being publicly acknowledged, officials say. story.news.yahoo.com