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To: Ish who wrote (10811)	11/18/2001 8:26:02 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Ish, OTOH they have seen some very impressive US air power and may reign in some blood lust to reach an agreement to avoid being a non entity. Interesting point. However consider this carefully. There is much objection by the population both in the USA and Britain (just as an example) to bombing people. It is horrific stuff, civilian or military. The N/A are able and hardened fighters in this war. Just because they were shoved up into the last stem of the leaf in Afghanistan, now they feel (by traditional standards) they are the big cheeze in that country. One has to be careful challenging that point. How many ground casualties are we willing to accept to impose our will on those N/A factions? Britain took a rebuff when it tried to land armed forces to help distribute humanitarian aid. The UN were dilly dallying as usual. Tony B may have got his political fingers burnt (if they were not already dealing with this situation). However, I am proud of his contribution and the UK's contribution to this problem. Bush and Putin are assisting, but I bet they have their fingers crossed too. Nope, my view is some Afghan female can pull this "disaster" out into a success with just a little good will.