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To: jlallen who wrote (21801)	8/15/2007 1:03:58 PM
From: E. T.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71588

"the risk calculus had changed...." Correct, but the Bush administration willingly stayed blind to that fact. Remember Powell warned the president on numerous occassions that the aftermath of the invasion would be no cakewalk. I think Powell said to the President if you go to war "are you prepared to own Iraq?" What a mess though. We won the second world war in less time. Just think, after all these years of occupation and more than 3,000 American soldiers dead, it's still a deadly trip from Baghdad airport to the Green zone. Wow, that's a long way from "Mission Accomplished," in my opinion.

To: jlallen who wrote (21801)	8/20/2007 2:18:03 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the political one who lives in Florida. The one who hangs around here all the time looking shiftless. This so-called kid is already almost 40 and has never had a real job. Maybe I'll call Kinsley over at The New Republic and see if they'll hire him as a contributing editor or something. That looks like easy work." -- Ronald Reagan in his recently published diaries, May 17, 1986.