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To: Michael Watkins who wrote (6540)	10/21/2001 6:27:25 AM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

The vice president added that the war on bin Laden and terrorists in general is going to be particularly difficult. "They have nothing to defend," he said. "You know, for 50 years we deterred the Soviets by threatening the utter destruction of the Soviet Union. What does bin Laden value? "There's no piece of real estate. It's not like a state or a country. The notion of deterrence doesn't really apply here. There's no treaty to be negotiated, there's no arms control agreement that's going to guarantee our safety and security. The only way you can deal with them is to destroy them." This is like a revolutionary or a charismatic religious militant of past history ..."You cannot stop me unless you kill me. And even then my comrades/disciples will fight on until we prevail or are completely crushed by your heel." ...or something similar to that. Tough opponent. --fl