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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: kumar who wrote (94097)4/17/2003 1:06:28 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
I am glad you are still true to form and live up to expectations.

I try to stay on the path of "Truth, Justice, and the American way," Kumar. :>)
Here is some more of it from Schlesinger.

Political Shock and Awe
We've won a war--and taught the Middle East a lesson.

>>>>>the longer-run strategic meaning transcends the essentially three-week war itself. The outcome will alter the strategic--and psychological--map of the Middle East.

The war has most dramatically conveyed the following realities:

1.) The U.S. is a very powerful country.

2.) It is ill-advised to arouse this nation by attacking or repeatedly provoking it--or by providing support to terrorism; and

3.) Regularly to do so means a price will likely be paid. Far less credence will now be placed in the preachments of Osama bin Laden regarding America's weakness, its unwillingness to accept burdens, and the ease of damaging its vulnerable economy, etc.

Many have argued that greater self-criticism or better understanding of the roots of terrorism would magically dispel the hostility displayed in much of the Arab world. This was reflected in widespread demonstrations as we responded to 9/11 in Afghanistan; pervasive sympathy for, as well as some direct support of, bin Laden; celebration of 9/11 itself; constant anti-American whining in the Arab press; and a steady flow of critiques from Arab governments (albeit sometimes primarily for domestic consumption.)<<<<

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