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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Runner who wrote (10992)	11/26/2001 2:44:31 AM
From: joseph krinsky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

I think that the idea that we didn't declare war because of the insurance companies isn't a valid one. Having the insurance companies pay for it all put a strain on them, I'm sure. Had they declared war and let the insurance companies off the hook, I guess the building owners would have been in default in their loans and then the lenders would have had a problem. I would imagine that the government would have eventually stepped in to bail them out. The people of the U.S. would have then taken the place of the insurance companies through their tax base. If we had declared war against Afganistan, that would have created some problems. What happened if bin laden left? Would that be the end of it? He's no longer there so why would we be fighting against afganistan? By declaring war against terrorism, and not a country, we can continue the "war" even after he's eliminated. I have my doubts if we are going to take the necessary steps that are required to actually win that war, there are already people that are crying about things that have to be done to stop it.