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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (4004)	10/10/2001 9:46:07 AM
From: Lola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

If you're going to characterize the US as a failure, who would you propose as a standard of success? I would suggest that the U.S. listen more carefully to it's allies who have more experience with terrorism and how terrorists operate ... as well as where the deepest roots of terrorism are. No one country will be able to destroy terrorism on their own. The U.S. is alienating it's allies ... this will not prove helpful for them in their fight against terror. You have to back up your words with action ... you can't state one thing but do another ... you risk being called a liar and a hypocrite. The allies want to work with the U.S. but the U.S. needs to make a commitment that the allies can believe in. The information as even the U.S. government has stated was out there to prevent the WTC attacks but the intelligence agencies failed. There were people out there who knew an attack on the U.S. was in the works. America's allies tried to warn them ... America didn't listen close enough. They are in danger of making the same mistake again as is evident in some of their current activities. The battle has not just begun ... it has been going on for many years and the U.S. has been losing. Please don't say the battle has just begun because America is just now recognizing that the battle even exists. It is important to recognize defeat before you can do anything about it. Lola:)

To: Uncle Frank who wrote (4004)	10/10/2001 10:09:08 AM
From: HG	Respond to of 281500

Let me say something which may turn out to be very prophetic. If the operation Enduring Freedom does not clean up quickly, eventually all the countries which are pissed off by US, may form an AXIS like coalition, for different reasons, with different goals in their mind. Esp if the operation takes more than a few years. Granted they may not succeed, but the world would be better off if other countries are made not to eat humble pie coz they are not superpowers and cannot fight US alone. If Israel is sacrificed in the quest to keep terrorists away from US, the results are unthinkable. I repeat. What US sows, US shall reap. May take time, but will happen. Thanks to the internet and international trade, world has become a much smaller place. If terrorism exists anywhere, US will feel its presence as well... A lot of things have changed since the WW-II !