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To: James Calladine who wrote (52487)	9/18/2001 10:02:28 PM
From: ratan lal	Respond to of 70976

security specialists >>warn that attacks launched to create a short-term "feel-good factor" >>at home could undercut U.S. efforts in the long run if they inflict >>heavy civilian casualties. I have been saying this all along and getting ridiculed and f#%#$. To go oen step further, the US needs to have a good long range foreign policy, just like our constitution is solid as a rock, and not shoot from the hip every time there is an event, .

To: James Calladine who wrote (52487)	9/18/2001 10:58:56 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

But that does scare me. It's hard to see any way we succeed. We can't threaten to wreck their country, it's already been done. If we do half-measures, the problem recurs. If we do a massive ground attack, we have another Vietnam. If we do an air campaign, we only kill the innocent. If we send in special forces hit squads, they won't find him in a mountainous land the size of Texas. If we use nukes, we really are the Great Satan. I hope the Shrub is a lot smarter than he looks. Geez.