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To: Bilow who wrote (191716)	7/15/2006 11:00:47 AM
From: h0db	Respond to of 281500

Carl has called the Iraq fiasco correctly almost from day D -100, when it was not the view of 2/3 of the American public. The other dynamic is that many of the same states that are real or potential antagonists in a broader middle east war are enriched by the spikes in oil prices, fueling their military purchases and insulating them in terms of public opinion. The US is in a very precarious position right now-- a new Lebanon war perhaps brewing, a very assertive Iran, and most of our deployable ground forces tied down in Iraq and Afghanistan quagmires. Worse yet, they are tied down "light" with Humvees instead of heavy armor--all of which is back in CONUS or in Europe. While unlikely at this juncture, a new "Yom Kippur" crisis for Israel would see very little in the way of deployable US ground forces. And I haven't even mentioned North Korea...