Well said Wirt

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-------------- Original message from Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]>: -------------- 


> John writes: 
> 
> > I heard a 5 star general interviewed this morning on the radio predicting 
> > what will happen if a civilized presence leaves the mideast. 
> 
> Just as a technical note, there are no 5 star generals in the military, and 
> there haven't been since the death of Omar Bradley here in El Paso in the early 
> 1980's. The 5-star rank was created during WWII and hasn't been used since. 
> 
> 
> > It was ugly 
> > how many regimes he predicted will fall to this very organized radical 
> > fundamentalist group that is committed to terrorism as a political tool 
> > from which to gain power and followers. This is an aggressive, organized 
> > enemy that has been operating very stealthily for many years, possibly 
> > masterminded by OBL (who has been awfully quiet...maybe pushin daisies?). 
> > Until we went into Iraq, I don't think the world realized how advanced 
> this 
> > organization of terror was. 
> 
> The insurgency in Iraq is a phenomenon of our own creation. OBL didn't create 
> it. GWB did. And it will dissipate after we leave, although it may well morph 
> into all-out sectarian war afterwards. 
> 
> Wirt Atmar 
> 
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