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To: ratan lal who wrote (2982)	10/6/2001 5:24:06 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Ratan, Your view is clearly stated. There is little doubt about the mistakes that were made, and that you are correct in your view. Something I hope the USA and her allies can learn from. I can just imagine the task of coordinating that project with the CIA and the Government ensuring the paperwork is done correctly. It would certainly require a lot of faith and care. Some one said nation building is an almost impossible mammoth task. I can see that point now. thanks pearly.

To: ratan lal who wrote (2982)	10/6/2001 5:54:20 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 281500

Btw, remembering the russians and oil exports, venezuela, mexico,etc,etc, even nigeria, who reacted in what way to the $10 per barrel price?? Investors around??

To: ratan lal who wrote (2982)	10/6/2001 6:11:19 PM
From: Area51	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You make some good points about how shortsighted and stupid the U.S. was to leave Afghanistan in the hands of these Islamic terrorists. It pains me greatly to recognize that the USA played a part in establishing this evil terrorist state (and helped the Pakistan/ Taliban/ bin-Laden alliance to control Afghanistan). How much better it would have been to do the right thing in the first place rather than to be drawn back to avenge the lives of thousands of Americans. The poor Afghans are living in war for more than 20 years, they do not have to pay for a handful of madmen that your shadowy men fed with weapons and dollars. Facts must be looked at straight, and that statement repeated so as not to be forgotten: for years, your CIA supported the most fundamentalist Afghans, giving birth to monsters now uncontrollable. Large numbers of people foreign to Afghanistan (Algerians, Arabs from the Emirates, Palestinians, Saudi Arabs, Sudanese...) came to train for guerilla warfare for years. Choosing the most Muslims among them and seeing them as the most efficient opponents of the Soviets, was a limited and wicked bet. omaid.com