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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Poet who wrote (29797)	9/27/2001 9:24:36 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Put a better government into Afghanistan - or, better still, find some body or coalition in Afghanistan (including its diaspora and refugees) which is acceptable to the majority there, and not mutually abhorrent to/by the rest of civilisation... something moderate by Islamic terms, perhaps, but with stong Muslim elements: basic guarantees of freedom, equality, education: and some economic outlet not involving guns or opium. Help rebuild the country, without particular ties or requirements of allegiance, and I think this will work in the longer term. Basically something similar to what was done in Germany, after WWII. Hopefully less expensive, since the expectations should be lower: but involving and boosting what moderate elements in Muslim/ME opinion can be found. Give guarantees of protection and non-interference, policed perhaps by Russia, NATO, Iran, Pakistan and Saudi, monitored by UN... turn the place into a beacon rather than a pyre. Or is that rather too optimistic?