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To: Neeka who wrote (197456)	10/29/2001 8:30:33 PM
From: gao seng	Respond to of 769670

A pot-bellied pig. Not my idea, though. TURNING THE PSYCHO TABLES ON ‘MS.' BIN LADEN By STEVE DUNLEAVY I AM not about to stock up on antibiotics and I'm not going to stop opening my mail. I'm not going to alter the rundown of my nightly prayers and I will forever fly as long as I don't have wings. Having said that, one has to concede that the vermin terrorists have won a round or two in psychological warfare. Of course, psychological warfare didn't start with these worms, although Tokyo Rose was more funny than frightening. Perhaps it's time to start our own psychological warfare. One thing that terrorists, like bullies, fear most of all, is being laughed at. For instance, I believe that Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) should not be killed, but he should be told of his eventual fate. He should be kidnapped and raced to Johns Hopkins University Hospital. There, the best surgeons we have to offer would perform on him a sex-change operation. He would then be immediately transferred safely back to Afghanistan (news - web sites), where Mr. bin Laden (as The New York Times insists on calling him) could live happily ever after as Ms. bin Laden in the stronghold of feminism. But something immediately comes to mind. Bin laden yukking it up with his partners in crime and saying: "You know these poor suckers still believe that when they blow themselves up they are going to be greeted by 72 virgins." Now in heaven, for crying out loud, what would you do with 72 virgins? Of course, there are more draconian examples of psychological warfare. Just previous to World War I breaking out, Gen. John Pershing was defending against fanatics in the southern section of the Philippines who had declared jihad on his troops and had killed members of his army. General Pershing rounded up 22 ringleaders and put 19 of them before a firing squad. He released three of the terrorists who would take the message back - the firing squad dipped their bullets in pig fat and those executed had their bodies wrapped in pigskin. No more jihad. Of course, I believe that to be a little extreme, even in these frightening times, where cowardice is visited upon us. But perhaps a little pot-bellied pig on a plane or a train might give a suicidal hijacker second thoughts about sharing his smoldering grave with a porker . . . That's all, folks - for now. dailynews.yahoo.com