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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (123464)	9/18/2001 6:59:21 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Haim, there was a Soviet puppet government governing Afghanistan until after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 1992. Remember? There was a Communist revolution in 1978, and they killed the President of Afghanistan, Doud? And the Soviets occupied most of the country? And they didn't pull out, really, until the Soviet Union started to collapse? The collapse basically ending in 1991? Remember, the collapse of the Soviet puppet government left the country without any government but warlords? The Afghan people welcomed the Taliban because they promised order. It's been a rough 20 or so years in Afghanistan. Lots of crippled people, orphaned children, widowed women unable to work.

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (123464)	9/18/2001 8:47:40 PM
From: RocketMan	Respond to of 436258

Capturing or controlling Afghanistan is not only extremely difficult, as Alexander the Great, Ghengis Khan, the Brits, and the Soviets found, but also unnecessary to the problem of terrorism. Khandahar has a nice airport -- we should know, since we built it -- which could be occupied and serve as a forward base from which to run raids against suspected terrorist camps. We could do that until late October, then leave for the winter, and return in the spring when the swallows and terrorists return. We hit and run, occupy only when the weather and conditions are in our favor, and disturb the terrorist operations so that they can not have a safe harbor. And, should we be lucky enough to run into a bin Laden or a hidden cache of NBC material, we take it out by whatever means are necessary.