To: Murrey Walker who wrote (44202 ) 11/13/2001 2:11:34 PM From: Jim Willie CB Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 65232 MY THOUGHTS ON NEXT STEPS IN THIS PROLONGED WAR I believe we wanted to test the endurance of this Euro and Arab alliance as we beat the tar out of these stone age warriors in Afghany they are brave, but foolish, polluted by Islam, weakened by war their mindless ideology is as counter-productive as nazis and just as evil now that we have the alliance tight and enduring, attention will soon turn toward Saddam Hussein Soddomy will soon be revealed as maestro of anthrax and the host for airliner hijacking training centers this sick fark killed his two sonsinlaw, gassed his neighbors, and denies medicine to his people, all the while calling USA the Great Satan take a long look in the mirror, Jack !!! we wanted to do the lowrisk killing in Afghany first all the while build up the anti-terrorist financial efforts in USA, Europe, and as much of Arab world as possible root out the supporting banks, sham charities, hawalas, money flow FOLLOW THE HONEY, and I aint talking about her loins then after significant progress in non-military side, and after the easy fall of the Taliban regime, we go after Soddomy and put at risk the entire alliance as the alliance bends and sheds splinters, we will have clear delineations whoever sings out of harmony will be clearly identified, and will quiver with real fear I suspect Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Sudan, Somalia will be targeted and openly threatened which will bring incredible pressure on these nations and pressure on Saudi Arabia we will never formally undermine Saudis though behind the scenes is another story altogether visavis Saudis I believe Iran's Islamic govt will soon fall and Syria will do a real about face, and side with USA, which will put enormous pressure internally Syria's younger Assad is not as nefarious as daddy, and can easily be ousted by those inside Syria loyal to Hezbollah Sudan might exhort at high pitch to claim loyalty to cause, but they are of little relevancethis will leave Iraq, Lebanon (Hezbollah) all alone with Somalia the neglected outpost and Libya a tone deaf sandbox of pure irrelevance Israel will become enormously important in covert action against Hezbollah and Iraq just my thoughts real targets: Iraq, Lebanon biggest opportunity: Iran strangest bedfellow but real potential ally: Russia real longterm intention: oil/gas pipelines from Russia and southern former Soviet Republics to the Arabian Sea shipping lanes (to snub Arab oil and PHASE THEM OUT !!!) highest risk: Putin fails is forging his internal coalition hidden risk: NOT developing electricity technology now / jim