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Date2002-04-15 03:11 (2002-04-15 03:11)
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On Mon, 15 Apr 2002 01:06:39 +0100, "David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote:

David Flood
"AC" <spam@nospam.com>wrote in message news:3cba15df.14347500@news2.randori.com...

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On Sun, 14 Apr 2002 22:03:55 +0100, "David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote:

David Flood
Whatever happened to the point of the war in Afghanistan?

AC
The Taliban are shattered, Al Qaeda seriously crippled. That was the point. Now it is just trying to preserve an interim government to:

a) Give the Afghanis even a small chance to build a civil society. b) Prevent the lunatics from regaining control and again start protect international terrorists.

David Flood
Al'Qaeda's top men appear to have gotten away , and God only knows what resources they have available to them, or who the next target country might be (unguarded Russian nuclear stockpiles, anyone?).

Oh yes, the nuclear bogey man.

Perhaps you're right. We should have left the Afghani people to be terrorized by murderers so that the problem would be contained.

Meanwhile, GWB appears to be intent on linking Muslim fundamentalist terrorism to Iraq, to justify another oil war.

Uh huh. Perhaps he will do what his old man should have done and tossed good old Saddam out of power. I can't imagine Saudi Arabia being none too sad about his departure.

The reality of these selfsame Muslim fundamentalists probably being just as eager to do Saddam 'in' is something that people ought to consider, when pondering this new Bush policy direction.

So, we should leave Saddam in place?

What exactly is your policy on Islamists? What would you have done?

--- AaronC

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