with the possible exception of 1 and 2 being swappable. But the vital
interests would have to be very significant to equal the US actually
being threatened.
-Kevin
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 06:46:31 -0500, Andy Ousterhout
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kevin,
> Do you mean by this that these needed to exist at a minimum? Or that these
> did not exist? Or something else?
>
> Andy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 8:51 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: The politicization of the Iraq War
>
> IMO, 1, 4, and 7 were no-starters.
>
> -Kevin
>
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:51:35 -0500, Andy Ousterhout
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Dana:
> > So if you believe 1,2 & 7 you might do what Bush did with a few other
> Yes's
> > mixed in. I don't see anything directly about the UN, but it is probably
> > covered under 7. One could seriously argue that no further progress was
> > possible and I believe that that was Bush's believe as well.
> >
> > I think that you could make a serious argument supporting 1 & 2. #3 is
> > primarily up to you and one might argue that we had the resources during
> the
> > start of reconstruction and didn't dedicate them. 4 I think is met. 5 is
> > more rhetorical than anything, 6 is probably a no over any multi-year
> > timeframe.
> >
> > Now, how would you take into consideration an election in 2 years,
> ensuring
> > that you couldn't act 1 year later. Can you just image the screams about
> an
> > starting a war to win an election? And 1 year after (why didn't you tell
> us
> > about this?).
> >
> > Bottom line, while we should discuss the quality of information upon which
> his
> > information was based, I am not so sure that a reasonable person wouldn't
> > reach the same conclusion if he/she had GW's call.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > 1. Is the US being seriously threatened?
> > 2. Is a vital US interest at stake?
> > 3. Will we commit sufficient resources to win?
> > 4. Are the objectives clearly defined?
> > 5. Will we sustain the commitment?
> > 6. Is there reasonable expectation that the public and Congress will
> support
> > the operation?
> > 7. Have we exhausted our other options?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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