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To: JDN who wrote (88710)	11/30/2004 7:05:04 AM
From: Sig	Respond to of 793938

(((<<<Seems to me, if the Sunni's dont wish to come along and wish to have a civil war and terrorism we maybe ought to withdraw to the Shiite and Kurd territory, build the government there and let them polish off the Sunni's.>.>>> Thats mainly why we are still in Iraq, to prevent it from happening and thus avoid getting blamed for killing all of the bad guys. Yes, more will be heard from the UN...... Iraq denies UN request to preside at Saddam trial UN returns to Iraq after 20 months absence, requests exhumation of Scientists so they can be questioned about WMD's UN sets up multinational team to search in Iraq for 380 missing tons of high explosives. Etc Sig

To: JDN who wrote (88710)	11/30/2004 3:42:23 PM
From: frankw1900	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793938

Well, if you think Iraqis have a poor opinion of the US, then you haven't heard them on the subject of the UN. They agree with you completely. There are a lot of contradictory beliefs held by many Iraqis. For instance, many of them don't like the US for invading but they don't want it to leave soon.... They don't like the US but their feelings towards many Arab countries are nearly as hostile because they supported Saddam. Etc. Point is. You've got lemons, so make lemonaid. It's worth reading the rest of the report. He's very good, for instance, on the matter of a consistent US message in Iraq. His analysis of the first year of US administration in Iraq is worthwhile reading. As I said, I don't agree with everything Cordesman says but he's done a decent piece of work.