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To: JRI who wrote (21471)	11/17/2001 9:04:28 PM
From: John Madarasz	Respond to of 209892

good point JR... outsider coalition forces are attempting to do what hasn't been done in 2400 years...unite afghans. of course the prevailing wave of arrogance here assumes the job should be done by Christmas or so. ... Given the ever-changing network of tribal loyalties, and indeed the survival of various warlords, the prospects of a broad spectrum government do not look good. As one commentator said, "They hate one another with an intensity that is hard to believe ... the only thing they hate more are outsiders trying to run their lives and their country; indeed, the most unifying event in the 150 years since the British in their red coats marched up the Khyber Pass was the Soviet invasion". and this too....Situated between great nations and lucrative trade routes, Afghanistan (which used to include some of present-day Pakistan) has long suffered the depredations of conquest. Since the sixth century B.C., when it was first recorded as part of the Persian Empire, it has been overrun by conquerors ranging from Alexander the Great (circa 330 B.C.) to Genghis Khan (circa 1220) to Tamerlane (late 14th century). Indians from the south and Turkic peoples from the north, Mongols from the east, and Arabs from the west—who in the 10th century brought Islam to the region—all made the land their own. But always temporarily