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To: The Philosopher who wrote (941)	1/15/2003 2:02:12 PM
From: TimF	of 7936

I don't think we have gained as much as we wanted to but I think it is wrong to say we have gained little or nothing. We killed quite a few Al-Qaida. Sure there are more recruits where they came from but there would have been "more where they came from anyway". The most fanatical might not be detered but those a touch less fanatical can see that if you push the US to far there is consequences. If we did nothing or made only minor occational pinpricks against the enemy it would make our potential enemies think that we are weak when it comes to fighting terrorism. The percieved weakness would only encourage more action against us. The destruction of the camps doesn't prevent them from training or from planning operations but it does make it less efficent. Every little bit we can degrade Al-Qaida's capabilities helps. If we didn't take out the Taliban it would be hard to target Al-Qaida leaders in Afghanistan. We could hunt them down in some other places but we are doing that anyway. We are also hunting down their money and other wise doing what we can to hamper Al-Qaida around the world. Tim

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