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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (40739)	9/27/2001 3:28:13 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50167

US is moving very carefully and very prudently, they will soon get the booty. The rumors of US ending up like British or USSR in Afghanistan a just plain rubbish, they are handling the situation with extreme care avoiding 'false nation building' but setting the priorities right. Powell has helped set up the tone, it is State department that is calling the shots. Cooler heads are prevailing, and don't listen to propaganda. Unlike perception that US is going to be caught in the quagmire, US exactly knows how to deal with this issue and they have everything inside Afghanistan and outside ready to do that job in a manner that will shock the people who think it is going to be a long drawn process that will take 100 bn $. No it is not going to take that neither it is going to send the world back to 'depression,' it will be a swift surgical operation where US forces unlike British and USSR are not going to be sitting ducks or bogged down. The world has become smaller for Osama; he has no place to hide. Moreover, the US policy of rebuilding and avoid vacuums in the critical areas of the world will yield dividends, the hope is going to be the winner, from the ashes of absolute disgust hope is rising fast. Our region is confluence of 2.5 billion living humanity; opposing interests of China, India, USSR all meet at the foot of the plate that is at the door leading to Kabul. It is the confluence of ‘Hindukush, Himalayas mountainous ranges.’ We are looking at policies that may impact more than half of the mankind as such policy is being properly planned without hidden agendas. No other region has so many varied interests that line up on mosaic of choices available. This is a region that bedeviled with conspiracy, opposing agendas and hidden quick sand and I am happy to see that saner, cooler heads are prevailing, despite of best of efforts to make targets wider and varied that US decision to contrary to attack only icons of terror will helpfully soon lead to recovery of Osama. Bush is a great leader and the first sign of a great leader is to think of exit before going in, that was USSR, mistakes, US does not want to become an occupying force and neither has an agenda to put everything right in that area according to the wish list of some 'bigger powers' in the region. The present policy of quiet action without glare of global media may be considered as the best kept secret after the landings in Normandy that completely defied Nazis in the 2nd World war, the operation of tracing Osama will in my opinion will reveal results. the market reads too much too soon and too dramatic, I for one consider things to be moving in the right direction. I am surprised at the recuperative-ability of mankind to come out of devastation and plan for reconstruction although the 'stumbling block' of removing the icons of terror remains at the moment the front policy, however that objective unlike what many hawks in US wanted is being addressed with care and due diligence. Consensus building and operations where you get maximum for the bang is the core of the strategic planners decision making process.