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To: Thomas M. who wrote (1844)	9/10/2002 10:11:19 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 3959

Tom....This statement you posted....." "But does anyone doubt that if the Bush administration does indeed topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Baghdad, this will be truly a plunge into the unknown, one that would fan once more the embers of Islamic radicalism that peaked as long ago as the end of the 1980s, and amid whose decline the attacks of September 11, 2001 were far more a coda than an overture."..... Does this mean that you agree that islam is the problem and that the coming wars are as a result of islam.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (1844)	9/10/2002 2:52:27 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 3959

Don't we have enough of a problem with Afghanistan? 'Longitudes and Attitudes': The Other Side of Globalism nytimes.com A book review on Thomas Friedman's latest book: "When he turns to the conflict in the Holy Land, Friedman is partly right. As he sees, the Palestinians have learned some things from Zionism, but they have still to learn the lesson that the best is the enemy of the good, and that all wise negotiations mean settling for what you can get now rather than what you want one day. And yet he fails to see the full pathos of the situation of the Palestinians, a people forgotten by history who found themselves involuntarily caught up in another people's great drama. Nor should he imply that the United States can be a even-handed broker in that conflict. A sharp-eyed Palestinian might spot a comical contrast here. While Friedman is dismayed when Arabs tell him ''that the Jews control the U.S. government,'' he also admits that although Israeli settlement policy is ''insane,'' President Bush can do nothing about it, because that ''would inevitably force a clash with U.S. Jews, whose votes and donations he needs to protect his G.O.P. majority in the House."