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To: D. Long who wrote (60127)	12/6/2002 5:38:41 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

Possibly if we did nothing but cry in our soup after 9/11 we might have preserved some of that "regard" This statement shows little understanding of the others' points of view. Please consider that "the rest of the planet" minds not the US "going after Bin Ladin" (where's the guy? did the US go after Bin Ladin, really?) but the fact that the Bush administration uses Bin Ladin as an excuse to invade and bully where it feels "necessary". If preserving "regard" means sacrificing our right of self-defense Please explain how reducing Afghanistan into rubble, installing a puppet government led by a former US oil company consultant, and killing several thousand civilians in the meanwhile is "self-defense". I would also love to hear how the "self-defense" theory applies to Iraq, where no hostilities have been seen in the last decade (i.e. containment works), no connection established between 9/11 and any Iraqi national, and even if WMDs do exist, they cannot possibly have the range necessary to strike US soil. "World regard" is cheap Great assessment. Bound to make Americans many friends around the world in the near future, I suppose. Another viewpoint could be: "These are our long-term allies. If they have turned against us now, they just MIGHT have a point."