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To: Jim S who wrote (22059)	8/23/2007 1:16:57 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

The conclusion of his is hard to argue with: "the Soviets went on a geopolitical offensive in the third world for a decade. Demoralized allied leaders in Europe as well as Asia feared the new Soviet aggressiveness and lamented the paralysis of American will. When Saddam invaded Kuwait in 1990, he and his colleagues invoked Vietnam as evidence that U.S. warnings did not need to be taken seriously. That’s what it means to lose credibility. Once lost, it has to be re-earned the hard way." We are fighting just this kind of geopolitical offensive in Iraq due to Clinton's message that America lacked the will to do anything when attacked. Surrendering further would only make it worse.