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To: eCo who wrote (55195)	9/14/2001 1:30:49 PM
From: niceguy767	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

eco: "What are the odds of inflicting a decisive, demoralizing blow on an stateless, nameless, diffusely located, enemy?" I'd guess the odds are favourable, and I'd also guess that in the very near term we'll have hard data to assess just how favourable they are...

To: eCo who wrote (55195)	9/14/2001 1:37:41 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 275872

Hi _eco_; But the fact is that Bush did not declare war on a "stateless nameless diffusely located enemy". He declared (informal) war on the states that support them. Those states are very definitely traditional military targets. What makes this different from the Gulf War is that this is war with the objective of changing governments, rather than simply trying to get them to briefly agree to an ultimatum. Or at least I hope it is. My big fear is that we'll get a peace that doesn't involve a decisive military defeat for the countries that claimed manifest destiny on the basis of (1) Pan Arabism, or (2) Religious righteousness. If the only tool you have is a hammer, all your problems become nails. This is not an efficient or pretty thing, but from an engineering point of view, it is inevitable. -- Carl