At 10:02 PM 2/6/2003 -0500 John D. Giorgis wrote:
>Unlike, Mr. Friedman, I am not buying that the Bush Administraiton needs to
>lay open its post-occupational plans for Iraq right from the outset.
Indeed, I forgot the most important reason to not lay out these plans now.
At least one key ally and another fairly important ally (Saudi Arabia and
Jordan, respectively) are *opposed* to a democratic regime in Iraq. They
are both hoping for a return to the old (Hashemite?) monarchy.
There is definitely no need to jeopardize the necessary support of Saudi
Arabia for the war by prematurely discussing our past-Iraq plans,
especially since a central and implicit goal of our post-Iraq plans will be
to create a regimine that will one day lead to regime change one way or the
other in Saudi Arabia.
JDG
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