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To: Constant Reader who wrote (2433)	9/16/2001 7:06:02 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51713

I wondered how hamstrung they might be. After all, they are not loved by all their people. We, of course, having terrible intelligence from that part of the world (for very understandable reasons) have no idea exactly what their level of support is, but they do not even control the entire country- I heard 95%. So they are an unstable government, with almost no infrastructure and little control outside the cities (as I understand it). I wonder if they could even hand Bin Ladin over if they wanted to.

To: Constant Reader who wrote (2433)	9/16/2001 7:10:50 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 51713

What makes you think the Taliban knows where everything is? What makes you think that the bin Landens of Afghanistan are fixed in place, anyway? What makes you think the Taliban is more in control of the country than the bin Laden - style - factions in the first place? All I can see is anarchy. Expecting one set of bad guys to deliver another set of bad guys to us doesn't seem to me like something we should count on. As to the nation building part, it's hard. The trouble is, what's the alternative? I think we sort of tried the alternative in 89-92, and it didn't work out real well.