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To: w0z who wrote (53458)9/30/2001 6:07:22 PM
From: Sam Citron  Respond to of 70976
 
OT--Bill,

Sure we would like to replace Taliban with a governing body that has some legitimacy with the people of Afghanistan. But will the King in exile be seen as a legitimate authority by the people or will he be seen as merely a puppet regime? Even more to the point, can the aging monarch deliver the goods and help pacify the militants? This will be no easy task as many of the underlying problems are ecological (deforestation, deaquification), demographic (huge % of population < 18, illiterate), and cultural (minority ethnic groups clashing for control with easiest outside "enemy" being the unislamic west and its "decadent morals" as represented by your depiction of "BJ" Clinton).

Sam



To: w0z who wrote (53458)9/30/2001 8:26:38 PM
From: Jerome  Respond to of 70976
 
"""The King?""" He was married in 1971 and Queen Elizabeth attended his wedding. I think she gave him a race horse for a present.

If the American Democrats and Republicans both like him, he's going to have a tough way to go with the rest of the Arab world.

Fidel Castro survived all these years because American politicians hated him. Acceptance would have ended his rule in short order.

Jerome


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