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To: HG who wrote (5272)	10/15/2001 2:01:53 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

More of the same. The problems were already in place and already getting worse. Now the sins of the Taliban are the sins of the United States. If we proceed, we're only making it worse. If we withdraw, we're only making it worse. We have to convince the Muslim world we're acting justly but they have no problems murdering each other themselves.

To: HG who wrote (5272)	10/15/2001 2:49:11 PM
From: ratan lal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

There is plenty of food near the borders. But getting it in before winter closes the mountain roads next month is a nightmare. Afghanistan must have a five-month stockpile - 250,000 metric tons - in place within five weeks. If it does not, then voices as sober as Andrew Natsios, the administrator of Bush's US Agency for International Development, say 1.5 million Afghans risk starvation and seven million will face critical food shortages. I ownder if they can call a truce, drop 250,000 tons of food and start the ware again when the winter snow thaws ?