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To: TobagoJack who wrote (59524)	1/27/2005 1:53:21 AM
From: twmoore	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

How many hundreds of thousands of such troops will be based so. According to Stratfor, enough to take out Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia, and keep the space. Given the problems in Iraq, is taking out and keeping all of them remotely realistic? I think that the American people are starting to understand that Bush lied to them to get their support for the fiasco in Iraq.America will have it's hands full with Iraq for the duration of Bush's term,so I don't think that Syria,Iran or Saudi Arabia need worry for now.I hear rumblings that even some Republicans are starting to question the cost of the war in lives and dollars.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (59524)	1/27/2005 5:07:45 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Jay, the Beau Geste images you conjure up are so refreshingly comical compared to the reality I dread. Why would the opposition focus on our remote bases when they'll have free rein to increase the tempo of assassinations, kidnappings, head hackings, car bombings, pipeline sabotage, police station takeovers, etc? I fear we'll be faced with two horrible choices: 1) Go back in to the populated areas to rescue the newly-elected government from imminent collapse; or 2) Pull out and watch the place descend into warlord hell like Beirut, Somalia, and Afghanistan.