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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (454)	12/10/2002 4:11:38 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

Hi Hawk - I would rather let others join into the debate so I will refrain from going into details for now, but my understanding of that article differs from yours on two main points: 1) When the author asks "What is the evil?", he is asking for a concise definition of what we are fighting, so that it will not be possible for Russians, for example, to say Chechens long fighting for their independence are part of the enemy. This is quite clear in the sentences immediately following the one you pasted. 2) The author is not saying we should not fight this enemy, but he is saying that the current method of the US is far from optimal. I feel he does a good job of explaining why, ending the article with: "The choice is between an attempt at authoritarian global U.S. rule tempered by anarchic resistance, on the one hand, and, on the other, hegemony tempered by law, concert and consent. "