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To: aladin who wrote (54475)	10/24/2002 4:13:52 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi John Cavanaugh; Re: "... such animus is largely the product of self-interested manipulation by various groups within Arab society ..." I agree with this statement. But the fact is that the reason that the animus is so easily manipulated is because of photographs on Al Jazeera TV that show US made weapons being used to keep Palestinians under Israeli boots. If we weren't involved there would still be a desire among some of these instigators (such as Osama bin Laden), but their ability to influence the masses would be decreased. As I've said before, disengaging from the Middle East cannot eliminate the terror problem, but can only reduce it. Political terrorism dates in this country for a hundred years (or more), there is no policy that can eliminate it. -- Carl