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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (57501)	11/18/2002 2:59:03 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Nadine Carroll; Re: "By this logic, Afghanistan was a quagmire too." It's a matter of how the locals perceive us. In Afghanistan, we were perceived (by the Afghans) as the foreigners who helped liberate them from the foreign Russians, and were now there to help liberate them from the foreign Arab / Taliban. They probably remembered us for our ongoing food assistance. In Iraq, we are, by contrast, in the unfortunate position of being the military power that has brought misery to the country with over a decade of sanctions. But there is another fascinating difference between Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine, and that is the exposure of the military age youth to simulated combat. I should put it in a separate post later tonight. This may be part of the explanation for why the Israelis are getting into worse trouble as time has gone by. -- Carl P.S. Bilow predicting that the Afghanistanis would cheer our troops in Kabul, only 4 days after the WTC attack: Bilow, September 15, 2001 I wouldn't worry too much about Afghanistan. Like I said, all indications are that it will not be bloody at all. It is possible that you will see a happy mob scene similar to the one when US troops rolled into Kuwait. #reply-16357787