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To: MSI who wrote (2214)	10/2/2001 3:01:01 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) of 281500

>>The problem is the unspoken assumption that everyone makes, including Halberstam, that the US can afford to be responsible for the prosperity and well-being of the entire world. It's an attractive conceit but obviously wrong.<< I met David Halberstam back in 1968 or 1969 when a buddy and I picked him up at the airport to give a talk at an anti-war fund-raiser. In that context, he was definitely in favor of U.S. withdrawal. We now live in completely different times. Islamic fanatics are on the march across the globe, from Algeria to the Philippines, from South Africa to Kyrgyzstan. It is WWIII, and we can't escape it. If we ignore what is happening in the short term, these crazies will take over the world's oil supply. They will then use the profits to develop the weapons of mass destruction to wipe us out.

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