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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: LindyBill who wrote (44018)9/14/2002 11:00:53 PM
From: kumar  Respond to of 281500
 
<You are not willing to stand there and "eyeball" it while it is coming in?>

Heck no, I'd be worrying on how to save my ass!

<I think the whole point is that we can be sure that Bin Ladin is dead. Having now read a bit more about the organization, that is really a minor point. He was the "Front Man" with the money, but his associates planned the operation, and are much more lethal. >

I dont agree with the 1st sentence (absent evidence). Happy to agree with the rest.

<Our criminal system is designed to find and deal with criminals after they commit a crime.>

I believe after 9/11/01, agencies like FBI were directed to undertake a more preventive role...

cheers, kumar