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To: kodiak_bull who wrote (10507)	11/14/2001 11:26:41 AM
From: diana g	Read Replies (2) of 23153

<<<OT>>> I basically agree with you that the vast majority of those enemy soldiers aren't a future threat. Just as surrendering Germans weren't a future threat in 1945. But there are Islamic extremists there who most definitely are a future threat. Here's a prediction: Hardcore anti-Western extremists will get thru this defeat by passing themselves off as simple soldiers, or by hiding out in the mountains, or with sympathetic folks in & out of Afghanistan. --- These guys won't say to themselves "Lucky I got out of that alive! No more attacking The Great Satan for me!" --- They will immediately begin planning their next operation. Meanwhile, America will feel victorious & pleased with itself, and won't want to do the messy job of continuing to fight Islamic extremist terrorists. (Much easier to just talk tough & rattle your sabre than to hunt them in nooks & crannies all over the world. Upsetting the Saudis & others; interfering with banking practices; etc etc) There'll be flag-waving & parades & speeches from politicians. Victory will be declared. Then the 'War on Terrorism' will fade into bluster. Then they'll strike again. And the same cycle repeats. I hope I'm wrong. ---d

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