Carl
>From: "Jeet Heer" <jeet at sturdynet.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
>Subject: [lbo-talk] war as a lesson to the world
>Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 22:00:14 -0500
>
>I figured the war was a lesson to other countries not the cross the US, but
>am surprised to see that they are saying so openly...
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/06/international/worldspecial/06POLI.html?pag
>ewanted=print&position=top
>
>2003
>Viewing the War as a Lesson to the World
>By DAVID E. SANGER
>
>
>ASHINGTON, April 5 - Shortly after Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
>issued a stark warning to Iran and Syria last week, declaring that any
>"hostile acts" they committed on behalf of Iraq might prompt severe
>consequences, one of President Bush's closest aides stepped into the Oval
>Office to warn him that his unpredictable defense secretary had just raised
>the specter of a broader confrontation.
>
>Mr. Bush smiled a moment at the latest example of Mr. Rumsfeld's
>brazenness,
>recalled the aide. Then he said one word - "Good" - and went back to work.
>
>It was a small but telling moment on the sidelines of the war. For a year
>now, the president and many in his team have privately described the
>confrontation with Saddam Hussein as something of a demonstration conflict,
>an experiment in forcible disarmament. It is also the first war conducted
>under a new national security strategy, which explicitly calls for
>intervening before a potential enemy can strike.
>
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