Hi Raymond,
I'm an engineer by trade, in the silicon chip biz. Don't feel any desire to "loosen up" more then I already am.
Tony Blair is doing the peace rounds. Peace is an available option for those that want it. I feel sure Britain as a nation would take that option providing it didn't mean that we would have to submit to a forceful overture about accepting Islam or terrorist methods. Tony B and the British government has gone so far out of it's way to make peace in Northern Ireland. Everyone knows if it doesn't work, the next step has to be a brutal crackdown.
(anyone know of a link to the USA article about "if the IRA were Mexican terrorists in Texas"??) That link explains how far the IRA have been accommodated.
I wonder what your heroine Arundhati Roy would do in the situation we find ourselves in? Nag everyone to death? or write diatribes boring the Taliban to such an extent they seek mercy and negotiate food trucks to be sent to the starving masses??
This is not a "Bush" or a "Blair" problem. It is a TALIBAN and OBL type problem.
Just an engineers view :)
Here is a Georgia (near Russia) update. Good to see that the USA has a capable international diplomat taking care of biz :)
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Bush welcomes Shevardnadze's steps aimed at overcoming crisis in Georgia
Interfax. Friday, Nov. 2, 2001, 6:38 PM Moscow Time
TBILISI. Nov 2 (Interfax) - U.S. President George W. Bush held a telephone conversation with Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze on Friday, the Georgian presidential press service told Interfax. The talk was initiated by Bush.
Among other things, the U.S. president said he welcomes Shevardnadze's efforts to resolve the problems in Georgia, especially those aimed at eradicating corruption.
Bush said the U.S. will always provide all possible assistance to Shevardnadze in his struggle for democracy and freedom in Georgia.
Shevardnadze told the U.S. president that his decision to dissolve the government may have been a tough step. However, "when I suspected that freedom of speech was in danger in Georgia, I did all I could to confirm that the way to democracy and freedom is irreversible," he said.
Shevardnadze welcomed the first successful steps made by the U.S. in the fight against terrorism. In response, Bush said that this fight is only beginning.
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