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To: Ibexx who wrote (14936)	9/16/2001 12:13:25 AM
From: Jim Fleming	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196524

I agree Jim

To: Ibexx who wrote (14936)	9/16/2001 4:47:54 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 196524

Apparently, the Taliban has decided to stand with Osami, while the Pakistani government will help us grudgingly. From today's NY Times: As terrified Afghan citizens began leaving their country and neighboring Iran began to seal its borders against a wave of refugees, the Taliban leaders threatened a holy war against all those who helped in an American-led military campaign against their country. But Pakistan today offered the United States the support it was seeking. Mr. Powell told reporters at Camp David that Pakistan agreed "to assist us in whatever might be required" in retaliating. The United States has asked Pakistan to allow American access to Pakistani airspace, a vital consideration in any air strike on bordering Afghanistan; grant access to information from Pakistani intelligence on Mr. bin Laden; help track Mr. bin Laden's Al Qaeda organization and close off the organization's financial assets; and tighten the illegal flow of fuel and other supplies over the rugged mountainous border. My comment: it remains to be seen whether the Pakistani government can remain in power if their help to us becomes too overt. And there is a small chance, still, that we can drive a wedge between the Taliban and Osami, and avoid war with the government of Afghanistan. I doubt an air attack, by itself, is going to work. Afghanistan has zero modern infrastructure, so we can't hurt it in the way we could hurt Serbia with an air campaign. The country is the size of Texas, mostly mountains, so I doubt we can "reach out and touch" him with planes or missiles alone. We're going to have to do this the old-fashioned way, the same way Alexander the Great did it when he went into the same country 23 centuries ago: foot soldiers on the ground, with hand weapons. Some things never change.

To: Ibexx who wrote (14936)	9/16/2001 8:20:16 PM
From: cfoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 196524

It now appears that Pakistan's fence-sitting posture would have to change with pressure from US and possibly from China as well. And I would add, indirectly, India. It caught my notice (or at least it seemed to me) that India was one of the first countries to condemn the attack and announce support for the US in fighting terrorism. Up until fairly recently India has not been overtly friendly to the US. I believe the geopolitical implications of this incident on the India-Pakistan conflict was not missed on the Indian government. From Pakistan's perspective, the questions would seem to be: who is Pakistan more nervous about - India or Afghanistan? Who do they find more threatening to their future existence - India or Afghanistan? JMHO.