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To: TobagoJack who wrote (8743)9/12/2001 7:40:03 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (4) of 74559
 
It is still Bush/Cheney/Powell vs. Iraq. The attack has the hallmark of a revenge for the Desert Storm:

1) Airplanes chirurgical hitting buildings. It is the revenge for the smart bombs that hit Iraq.
4) Hitting the Pentagon is the revenge for crippling Iraq's defence.
3) Choosing the WTC -a symbol of US economic prowess- is the revenge for crippling Iraq's oil exporting capabilities.
4) Most possibly, the fourth plane was heading, not to a government building in Washington, but most probably for a monument (Lincoln perhaps.)

The attack is to embarrass Bush/Cheney/Powell that returned to power. Even though the Bush administration may know that this is another round of the fight, they cannot just admit and retaliate against Iraq's. This limits the capacity of the Bush administration to fight back.

I have been to so many trouble in several countries -last time I was evacuated form Indonesia to San Francisco leaving Jakarta in flames- that I, perhaps as a survival instinct, am very clear in trying to identify the likely hood of the causes and the next move.

Obviously, the attack only scratch the surface of the US. But this is not an act of war, this is terrorism and it has the effect of causing terror.

There is very little the US can do in terms of retaliation since everything that could be done to Iraq has already been done. But Bush/Cheney and Powell have to do something about it. When they are ready to retaliate, then they will acknowledge it was an Iraq attack.
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