On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 08:55:23PM +0000, Robert J. Chassell wrote: > saying the US could not do both. I think the US is strong enough to > have both protected Americans against a threat the US president stated > he saw and restored civic order in Bagdad in a military occupation.
Of course it is strong enough. It is just incompetently managed in everything other than pure military operations, as the poor handling of restoring civic order in Baghdad demonstrated. By the way, Robert, thanks for the clearly reasoned posts on this matter. It is refreshing to see some clear thinking on the subject. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
