--- "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're welcome. Get some sleep.
Not part of the job description, unfortunately :-( > It's the > people on *this* side of > the Atlantic I worry about. > > Marvin Long I worry about them too, of course. Heck, I'm one of them. But the only way I see this working out well for the US and the world is a quick, clean, and overwhelming victory on the part of the United States and its allies. You can guarantee that France and Germany will pounce on every report of mistakes or civilian casualties as a way of inflaming the Arab world against the US, as will (of course) various malefactors in the Arab/Islamic world. This only works not just if we win (which is virtually guaranteed) but win spectacularly and immediately. Counting on a flawless military campaign is not usually a winning bet. It's the skill and will and courage of our men and women that will determine the course of the 21st century, and the bar they will have to clear is incredibly high. If any group of people in history can do it, they can. But still - Bismarck once said that God looks after children, fools, and the United States of America. Right now we we can only hope that he was right. Gautam __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
