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Sunday July 22, 2007
POLITICAL ESSAYS
"Known" Unknowns
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Under the July 21st Headline "Iraq Pullout Would Face Many
Unknowns," AP reports:
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"...perhaps the biggest question on planners' minds is...:
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"Will it be a 'fighting withdrawal'?
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"Will some in Iraq's wide array of armed groups attack the
hundreds of convoys needed to move U.S. equipment south?"
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In itself. this is a truly absurd question!
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Additionally, it presupposes a couple of things:
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(1) "The easiest thing is getting the troops out." (AP is
quoting a retired general.)
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(2) Getting gear out by way of Kuwait is no problem.
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Finally. the headline indicates yet another presupposition:
the withdrawal will be a pullout rather than a rout.
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Additionally, note the word "Iraq" in the headline.
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Whichever --pullout or rout--, it belongs to The Superpower.
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AP:
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070721/ap_ ... &printer=1
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From my August 3, 2005 "Memo - August 1 / 2, 2005" essay:
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You may have noticed the Iraq-Syria border is a hot-spot.
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The Superpower needs to keep its options open for getting
out of Iraq without losing most of its troops.
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Leaving via tiny Kuwait invites Iran's army to fall upon
what's left of The Superpower's troops without further ado.
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So leaving --being driven out-- via Syria/Israel is attrac-
tive. Preparations have been made.
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Political ... essage/594
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