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To: michael97123 who wrote (147427)	10/8/2004 3:43:00 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

My post was dead serious but I can see how my intent can be misread. Let me clarify: A puppet regime will have to be instilled, the US can not stay in control forever. Until there is a real government and self-policing, the people of Iraq will believe and feel that the US remains in control. The regime will have to be more brutal than we would be - nature of the area unfortunately - arms length deniability is the only way that will work. The problem is sometimes these regimes take on a life of their own. The goal is not to leave a repressive regime, I don't accuse the admin of desiring that. I am sure their goals are nobler, just unachievable. "Sitting back and collecting the rewards" - what I was thinking is that the planners of this debacle thought they had an easier job ahead "welcomed as liberators" and that the region would be on the mend ever after -- which is clearly in the best interest of the US and the world, a good reward. Just unattainable this way.