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To: JohnM who wrote (24105)	7/14/2006 4:30:55 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541057

It may be a coincidence and not proven causation or even correlation, but these big adventures to transform large, ancient countries are never undertaken by Americans with extensive experience in the regions they plan to reinvent, or even extensive experience abroad. Certainly JFK, Nixon and LBJ had no Asian or real foreign experience. Bush, Sr. was prudent enough not to open Pandora's box, perhaps because he spent time as DCI and Ambassador to China and saw some international complexities. Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rolfowitz, Feith, none of these guys ever spent time with their patent leather soles on foreign soil for more than a brief visit. Powell had a bit more time out as a military officer, but even then it's never the same as living in a local civilian society and seeing what it's really about. Guess what folks - the world is not a giant Lego set, much as many ideologues want it to be. We have to keep discovering this over and over.