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To: KyrosL who wrote (104105)	7/5/2003 12:40:33 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) of 281500

You are inconsistent LB. "Different strokes for different folks," KL. Afghanistan is a wilderness at the ends of the earth. It has no wealth or strategic value for us. It has a proven history of being ungovernable. This time we will maintain enough of a presence there to keep the Taliban types from taking over again, and work with Kabul in hopes that things will change. But we won't bet big bucks or people on changing things. Look upon it the same way we do sub-sahara Africa. "Benign neglect." We have no other choice in Iraq. It has wealth and strategic value for us. So we are stuck with fixing it. And those of you who don't like this administration will come along in the back seat, complaining while we do. The left in this country has become the "Mother-in-Law" of Foreign Policy. I am totally consistent about Policy, KL. Do what's good for us. That leads to treating countries differently. What you are advocating would end up with us pouring men and money into the worlds ratholes. No thanks. Remember, you didn't like it when we did it in Nam.

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