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To: sea_urchin who wrote (22318)	1/29/2005 4:32:36 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 80997

Your chance to express an opinion about the Iraq "elections". Top right hand corner. 1010wins.com

To: sea_urchin who wrote (22318)	1/30/2005 1:25:09 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 80997

> the US has forgotten the lessons of both Vietnam and Iraq (also Korea) and is bent on pursuing the PNAC agenda, come Hell or high water atimes.com >>...whatever the results at the ballot box - given the Sunni boycott and security problems - the expected Shi'ite victory is likely to be a turning point in the region's geopolitical strategic dynamics that could further spread the flames of war to Iran, as well as to Syria. As soon as the Iraqi heartland (Mesopotamia), characterized by three strategic lifelines in Ninawa, Babylon and al-Anbar, is completely under Ba'athist control, the United States and the government it supports in Baghdad will be under siege, while the oil-rich Tamim (which includes the city of Kirkuk) and Basra will continue to be isolated and under the control of private militias, rather than any US-backed authority. The indications are that despite its military being dragged into a morass in Iraq, the US will remain committed to its cause and will continue to go after the "evil" it sees in nations like Iran. For this, war preparations are already in the pipeline in northern Iraq on the one side of the Iranian border, and in the southwestern parts of Pakistan on the other side. <<