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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (33906)	1/25/2007 10:49:05 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541327

We'll know in 3-6 months if the "surge" was the magic bullet or just the last sad chapter in the parade of stumbles before common sense prevailed and the US withdraws to peripheral bases, leaving the Iraqis to sort out their own future. I am not optimistic, based on the track record so far, and what I see in the Iraqi political leadership. Been there and done that. The chattering classes like Brooks won't have any impact on the success on the ground. And the voters won't be conned into ignoring the lady behind the curtain this time.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (33906)	1/25/2007 11:15:55 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541327

Mary, the interesting thing to me about today's Brooks' column in the NYTimes is that he's embracing the notion of a soft partition as the only way to avoid a civil war bloodbath. That's a large change of heart for Brooks, who was an early and frequent supporter of the democracy in the ME notion.