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To: GST who wrote (140893)	7/19/2004 5:16:32 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (2) of 281500

the idea that the US would invade and occupy Iraq and usher in a successful transition to democracy as the anchor of our foreign policy that is absurd Why? Hussein "The Overwhelming" is in jail. Iraqi police and security are chasing down the bad guys. Sauds are in open warfare with al Qaeda. There is a good chance that the momentum there may change for the better. he [bin Laden] has a good idea of what damage our reaction to him does to our own interests. That is true, there is this ongoing paradox - our reaction inevitably will cause some radicalization of the Muslim world, which is what OBL wanted and expected. OTOH, the bombing of New York and Washington could not go unanswered. Al Qaeda had the initiative, and they made us an offer we could not refuse. I disagree that our policy is a "disaster". I don't think OBL expected to get evicted from his property which was Afghanistan. He bit off more than he can swallow. Most likely, he miscalculated and screwed up, maybe even fatally.

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