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Subject: All Politics is Local???
Mike From Brielle    8/9/2007 5:51:37 PM
Tip O'Niel (one time US Speaker of the House I believe) is often quoted as having said "all politics is local". If war is an extension of politics by more violent means does Speaker's O'Niels saying still have meaning with its more violent cousin, and what does this mean (if anything) for the war in Iraq???

What I'm wondering is if the Surge currently being executed in Iraq continues to be succesful would the pacification program, by making many political gains at the local level in Iraq, render still more national dividends across Iraq given a few more months to maybe a year? The local changes could perhaps change the political landscape of Iraq to a degree that the central Iraqi government can make the political moves necessary to normalize relations within the various Iraqi communities thereby creating the Political environment required for accomidation between Iraqi communities and victory? A bottom up approach if you will.

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Mike From Brielle    One more thing   8/9/2007 5:59:10 PM
This would not be intended to go to far beyond the next General Election in Iraq but should lay the foundation for a much stronger general consensus as the relationship between Iraq's  communities would now be much better defined and taking the ambiquity of what I see as a lot of shadow boxing going on now.
 
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