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To: FaultLine who wrote (6543)	10/21/2001 8:22:49 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 281500

That was a good article you posted Message 16534960

To: FaultLine who wrote (6543)	10/21/2001 8:34:22 AM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

CNN's Walter Rogers just reported from Pakistan on the status of affairs there, giving the most one-sided, pro-Taliban, anti-American propaganda I've seen yet in the media. He seems ready to throw in the towel, stating, "The tide has turned," interviewing an anti-American cleric without any balancing viewpoint at all, playing up the protests and calls for Musharrif's resignation, and giving the clear impression that he resents his assignment and will do whatever it takes to go home, including throwing the war in the opposition's favor. CNN needs to yank him and bring back Amanpour. She looks like a right wing hawk compared to this guy. I wonder who's paying him, Al-Jazeerah?

To: FaultLine who wrote (6543)	10/21/2001 8:15:15 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi FaultLine; Re: "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." These are standard fighting words used by all peopled all over this planet. Who was responsible for the statement "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country"? Like every other ideology, it promises a victory on this earth, not just a victory in another. That means that faced with defeat, the leaders of the survivors, no matter how hard they fought while hope was with them, will say something like "I will fight no more forever" and lay down their arms. We have an historical tendency to make our opponents into supermen, but they're just like everybody else. Now their old men and boys are going up against the best of our elite forces. Is it really that hard to predict the result? -- Carl