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To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (69738)	4/13/2003 1:22:24 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) of 70976

There is some truth to the core of your argument but just as Saddam being such a brutal thug made invasion of Iraq easier for some people, oil and economic incentives make it so much more easier to push such policies. I'd say they are a significant part of it if not the major part. As to the greater issue of 9/11 effect on US policy, what is missing from this stance is an understanding that (excluding neocons) war is the last choice for most people. This is even more so when waging it at an enemy who is a zillion times bigger than you. Therefore the logical conclusion here is that there are things that are crucially important to others which are not available to them in normal channels. Until those needs are not addressed, the current militant strategy will not be effective. In combination with addressing those issues, then current strategy can work. I find it beyond stupid that we spent billions to bomb Afghanistan and push it into conditions that gave rise to the Taliban in the first place, but we are not willing to spend that same money to see to it that these conditions are removed all together.

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