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To: neolib who wrote (122789)	6/30/2005 10:27:33 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793927

For how long? Until we can turn it over to the Iraqis and draw down troops. What you don't seem to understand is that we are in a generational war. We will have troops in the ME for the next 20 to 50 years. Get used to it. After all, we still have troops in Germany, Japan, and Korea.

To: neolib who wrote (122789)	6/30/2005 10:36:56 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793927

Here is a comment from Instapundit that sums up my position well. STEPHEN GREEN RECOMMENDS the latest issue of Parameters, the journal of the Army War College. In response to one article, Stephen observes: "Our Cold War containment policy wasn't easily arrived at, and went through several permutations - some good, some bad - through 40-plus years. We're still in the early stages of this new war - and we'll need time for a good policy to cohere. (NOTE: When I say "early stages," I mean that this Terror War is likely to last as long, if not longer, than the Cold War. If the Cold War began in 1948 and the Terror War began in 2001, then today we're only up to the equivalent of 1951. By that measure, we're doing much better at this early stage than we were doing back then.)" Well, that's encouraging.