From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Adam Flinton"  wrote in
message news:419b42ea{at}w3.nls.net...
> Mark wrote:
>
>> The "box" was a mistake from the get go, but a palatable
(well not quite
>> palatable, but understandable) mistake in a 9/10 world. In the 9/11 world
>> it became an entirely unacceptable risk. As proven by the fact that we
>> were the only ones treating the "box" as real, the rest
of the world was
>> profiting from collusion at the expense of both the US and the Iraqi
>> people. That the world was willing to do business with Saddam behind our
>> backs is far more worrisome than Saddam alone; it is a very good thing
>> that we acted now before being further undermined by greed that took no
>> consideration of the greater danger presented to the rest of the world by
>> same.
>>
>
> The mistake was engaging in agressive war & hoping that noone would notice
> or take this as a precedent.
>
> Both rather bizarre hopes were themselves mistakes.
>
> Adam

Somehow I doubt that the current administration even thought about that,
much less hoped.

Bob Lewis

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