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To: Climber who wrote (9584)	11/9/2001 9:35:48 PM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Officials of the Bush administration are also worried that victory might be tarnished by looting and reprisals by the Northern Alliance fighters in Mazar-i-Sharif. To my understanding, this kind of bullsh** -- looting, rape, and plundering of the vanquished -- is exactly what gave rise to the Taliban in the first place. We need to find a way to encourage effective self-policing of the victorious Northern Alliance so they don't repeat history and alienate the very people they're liberating. Won't be as much of an issue where they just occupied and are popular with their fellow tribesmen as it will be down the road -- literally -- in Kabul and the south. Whether it's with pleas, praise, land, title, financial backing, etc., we must do what we can to encourage them to maintain the high road. They are liberators, not conquerors, and can earn a well-deserved place of respect.