Dan Minette wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "BRIN-L Mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:56 PM > Subject: war and peace > > > Plus some > > mumblings about putting Iraqi exiles (whom Iraqis living in Iraq mostly > > hate) in power; plus other mumblings about how costs of an invasion might > > be defrayed by later oil profits, maybe. The details of occupation and > > rebuilding are not forthcoming, not even in the sketchiest of terms. > > But, it does exist in broad outline. I know what it is, I'm just not sure > they can pull it off.
I'm not entirely optimistic about how well that's going to work out. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002947 A lot of opportunities to ensure a reasonable transition to a democratic Iraq run by Iraqis may have already slipped through the administration's fingers. I don't think they're handling the "what comes after Saddam" question very well in advance, where it'll probably make a great difference in the long run. Julia _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
