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To: FaultLine who started this subject	6/28/2003 11:17:03 PM
From: Bilow	of 281500

Hi all; Global Security expert explains difference between Afghanistan, Vietnam and Iraq, in terms of military objectives: ... ''All we're trying to do in Afghanistan is keep Karzai as mayor of Kabul and give American forces freedom of movement around the rest of the country,'' said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org. ''Whereas in Iraq we're attempting to actually govern the country. We're attempting to assert a monopoly on the legitimate use of force. Not to raise the dreaded `quagmire' word, [but] what we're trying to do in Iraq is much closer to what the Soviets were doing in Afghanistan or what we were trying to do in Vietnam. We have intentionally avoided that in Afghanistan.'' ... globalsecurity.org -- Carl

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