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To: lazarre who wrote (225699)	3/30/2007 4:33:03 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I think the Serb bombing allowed for other atrocities, didn't it? I seem to remember it had some ugly unintended consequences. I'll have to look that up. rand.org Note how the potential for a ground invasion played in to Milosevic's decision. I doubt the Iranians have much fear of a ground invasion. and this, for me, is key: "Much of the controversy surrounding Operation Allied Force has pivoted on the discrepancy between what the NATO allies expected and what they ultimately encountered." I think the Iranians are much more capable than the Iraqis were- how capable? I don't think we really have a good handle on it. Another reason, imo, not to poke the hornets nest when it is unnecessary.

To: lazarre who wrote (225699)	3/30/2007 5:28:40 PM
From: Don Hurst	Respond to of 281500

>>" I believe that a potent and concentrated air offensive with extreme prejudice ( please make no mistake about the context within which this word appears ) would be intended to serve one or two obvious purposes...and one of them would not be to begin a wholesale war with Iran....BTW, I think their capabilities are woefully overestimated and, yes, there are those Iranians who would seek Western, Israeli blood with vigour. Yet, I suspect, and suspect only that they would be few in number and, in FACT, would be sitting ducks. "<< Ah yes, and they will greet us in the streets of Teheran with Roses and Kisses... Do you write a column for the "Weekly Standard"? Oh btw, Bush visited Walter Reed today and he said " all the medical problems of our troops would be taken care of". The man is in a perpetual state of confusion...he thought he was making another speech from Jackson Square in New Orleans. Yup, god save us from those Drone Fleets.