-- R.A. Hettinga > > I think if we had decapitated Iraq, went after our military > > objectives, like securing what was a threat to us, > > including Iraq's senior military and political leadership > > and their weapons stockpiles, and left political order to > > emerge there on its own, like we did in Afghanistan, we > > could have done it with Rumsfeld's original 50,000 troop > > estimate.
On 23 Nov 2004 at 7:47, John Kelsey wrote: > It seems like there would have to have been someone to take > over in a fairly clean way, or we'd have wound up setting off > a civil war. And the problem with a civil war in Iraq is? --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG x5H8AGNAFwoPy8fyvCAHj64dIL55pbnwnQFgENLL 4PH/mFu1yrhhrF9zduNJT5lUkHHJFlT99/IhXMPeT