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To: frankw1900 who wrote (16001)	1/10/2002 6:00:34 AM
From: blankmind	Respond to of 281500

- Arabs already have 2/3 of Palestine - in Jordan - that's it

To: frankw1900 who wrote (16001)	1/10/2002 6:54:54 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Interesting post, I learn much just from looking up what some of the words mean -g- Foggy Bottom bartleby.com careerism airpower.maxwell.af.mil Also a big problem in multinational companies. Massive wastage can occur because of internal politics at all levels of management. I think that what's most of the "Dilbert" cartoons are about. Example dilbert.com dilbert.com dilbert.com btw Dilbert has been "laid off" in keeping with the current business climate. Message 16887656 WASP. (White Anglosaxon Saxon Protestant) geocities.com unilateralism and multilateralism worldpolicy.org getting it fixed the way you suggest is seen by them as a defeat Classical move for this is aggression (even cutting off aide can be very aggressive) so that the opposition "wins back" the current position, justifying their actions to the local population. US policy has improved a bit the last few months but it could improve a lot more. Yes agree with that pov. Would not like to see things unravel by taking too much on. Wars in several countries at once could overwhelm the Wests military, and overconfidence is potential mistake after an initial victory. I think the media in general is stirring it up too much. It should be stressed that 90% to 98% of the populations of Iran, Iraq (from my contacts) are not interested in any wars. Yes they want to trade with Russia, they dont need the USA to tell everyone trade = nuclear bombs. Some trust from the USA is the only real solution. To screen every border in the world for nuclear bomb making materials for the rest of time is unrealistic. That should be policy...how do we get to trust them. OTOH The real whacko's like Saadam need to trust the USA in another way. Cause problems = a bullet in the head or some prompt ordinance on the head. A kind of Ghadaffi max solution. It's my view that the terrorist attack on the pentagon was one of the most stoopid acts the Islamic Fundamentalists could have done. All Bush has to say....."Well they did attack the Pentagon" ...

To: frankw1900 who wrote (16001)	1/12/2002 3:25:12 AM
From: SirRealist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The US policy in the area has been hypnotized by the oil, vitiated by Washington's (especially Foggy Bottom's) gnat like attention span, poor scholarship, careerism, WASP recruiting policies, Monica, narrow legalism, naivete masquerading as realpolitik, wishful thinking, insularity, confusion about unilateralism and multilateralism, some sort of breakdown in the CIA, and a bunch of other stuff I can't think of right now. And it's as bad, if not worse, in Europe. [Edit] US policy has improved a bit the last few months but it could improve a lot more. Who needs the Library of Alexandria when Frankw can write a one-paragraph summary like that? Kudos! Of course, you did forget to mention Ross Perot, Jesse Ventura, the Trilateral Commission and the Chicago Cubs, but it pretty well covered US government in my lifetime. Good show.