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To: stockman_scott who wrote (57328)11/15/2002 11:59:24 AM
From: Karen Lawrence  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
The United States had the chance to bring stability, economic rejuvenation and democracy to Afghanistan in 1989, when the U.S.-backed Afghan guerrillas drove out the occupying Soviet forces. But once the Soviets were gone, Washington lost interest. A year of peace was followed by bickering among the country's ethnic factions. The result was a civil war that leveled much of Kabul and ushered in the Taliban and the conditions that led to Afghanistan's becoming a terrorist training center. This I did not know, but it's a case of too little, too late, and now we've created what looks to be a worse mess for those people. IMO



To: stockman_scott who wrote (57328)11/15/2002 3:20:25 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi  Respond to of 281500
 
Huge problems are being ignored everywhere, always, at all times.

Think of how many people in the world would breathe a sigh of relief if we simply ignored Saddam Hussein.

Think of how many would view it as a victory if we actually lifted the sanctions and allowed Saddam to freely trade oil and pocket billions of dollars to use any way he saw fit.


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