On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 09:16:56PM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote:

> trivial issue.  Of all the things that happened in Baghdad for the
> last year, the theft (that may or may not have happened) of 33
> artifacts is surely far down the list of importance.

Agreed. There were much more important mistakes made by Americans after
the war. You know I supported the war, so you can't make those claims
about me that you made about some others. Just because I supported the
war, however, doesn't mean that I turn a blind eye to mistakes. They
can, and could have done better. As many people predicted, the resources
to rebuild and govern Iraq do not flow nearly as freely as those to
depose Saddam, and the plan for rebuilding was not sufficient since the
Administration underestimated the problem (as many people predicted).
They did great good in deposing Saddam, but they need to do better in
rebuilding and governing and allocating resources to Iraq.


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