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/p> p>I may have missed something when reading Jed Babbin's "Target-Rich Environment" -- very possible. Either that or he's way too clever for me -- highly probable. Let me reveal the lens through which I read this piece. The firecracker that is the reported debate on how to exit Iraq just gets better and better. If a phased withdrawal from Iraq is recommended and if it happens and if it's done with the help of those magnanimous fellows from Iran and Syria (God help us), then Jed's suggestion of a Conservative Renaissance will mean zero, zilch, didley-squat, naff-all in the big scheme of things. I suppose I should be patient and wait for Mr. Babbin to write the story he says "is for another day" before I get way ahead of myself and imagine all those rich Western targets coming into someone's crosshairs. I must say it doesn't look good looking over there, from over here folks! br> -- Graham Constable br> Oxford, England /p> p> The targets will be rich only if these Republicans truly break from political orthodoxy and blame nobody but themselves for the absolute defeat. Two things I'll suggest are worth a look. Iraq. Fellows doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the definition of stupid. Try something new. My method of discouraging terrorists is admittedly a bit heavy handed, but after all it is merely a suggestion -- flatten a city -- no warning just flatten it. But try something new. Spending. Gentle people, you out spent the Democrats and exactly like the Democrats to no noticeable good. So please don't claim voter fraud, stealing the election, or a misunderstanding of the message by we, the great unwashed. Study yourselves because you failed and failed miserably! br> -- Jay W. Molyneaux br> Wellington, Florida /p> p> Maybe conservatives are up to this struggle. But we'd better find quickly a political party that will not only represent us, but the candidates that party will embrace and ones that will keep their word, if elected. Meanwhile, let's not forget that one of the worst things we -- and the Republicans -- can do is to sound and act like the Dems when the donkeys were the political minority. br> -- C. Kenna Amos br> Princeton, West Virginia

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