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To: GST who wrote (160917)	4/22/2005 5:38:27 PM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I am the first boomer and i come from a time when being a moderate was not a bad thing. My views on fp are for the most part very centrist. I dont quite know where all this anti-Israel venom comes from and being Jewish makes it that more difficult to take. Neither the Americans or the Israelis are immune from error. I gave an example with israel's mistake with settlements. It may have seemed like a good realpolitik idea at the time but it caused more harm than good. As you know, i supported US Iraq policy but am less than happy that intel wasnt good. Some say that is deliberate. I hesitate to say that. But what i will say is that intel was bad and post-war phase ops were terrible. I think that we can still salvage something positive from iraq and i remain somewhat hopeful. But i also realize that more on all sides have died than need be if this administration had a post war strategy other than the "flowers' scenario. We have crossed swords at times but i think there are some areas on which we agree. Mike