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To: Dale Baker who wrote (25731)	8/1/2006 5:29:32 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541851

I don't think that we are likely to enjoy a peaceful co-existence with Al Qaeda. Absent Al Qaeda doing something like nuking a US city (which is probably currently beyond their capabilities) there is a limit to how far we want to go to deal with the idea that we can't have peaceful co-existence with Al Qaeda. Thinking that we can transform the middle east into a collection of peaceful democracies in a decade or a generation is hubris. Thinking that some amount of transformation can occur and that we can do some things to move it along isn't. Doing nothing would be a serious mistake. Iraq could be argued as an serious mistake or a reckless adventure, or it could be argued as a risky difficult venture with only a long term payoff. I wouldn't consider either claim to be unreasonable. I would consider the claim that it will all be settled in a very positive way in the next year or two to be unreasonable at this point.