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   XPost: seattle.politics   
      
   On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 17:03:50 -0000, Eric da Red    
   wrote:   
      
   >> Our resolve in any   
   >> future matter will not be relied upon by our allies or others.   
   >   
   >We heard this same argument for perpetuation of the war in Vietnam   
   >War:  If we stop now, we'll look weak and no one will trust us   
   >anymore.   
   >   
   >I think the US gains credibility when it looks smart and shrewd, and   
   >loses credibility when it acts like a belligerent bully.   
      
      
   But Vietnam would have comparably been far more stable than what we   
   ill be leaving behind if we pack up and go now.   
      
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