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To: Spytrdr who wrote (2653)	1/9/2003 4:43:42 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3959

Bush marketed the invasion and subsequent occupation of Afghanistan (news - web sites) exactly the same way. First we were going to go in and get Osama and his buddies, "dead or alive." Then we'd liberate the long-suffering Afghan people from Taliban rule. After supervising free elections, we'd wish Central Asia's first democracy all the best and drive off in our Humvees. We did get a lot of Osama's buddies and failure to get him doesn't amount to not making an attempt. We did free the Iraqi people from Taliban rule, and we are trying to move Afghanistan towards democracy. Since our intentions were purely honorable, we'd never try to revive the idea of building a Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline to carry gas and oil from landlocked Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to Indian Ocean oil tankers. Nothing dishonerable about building it, nor is it a bad idea for Afghanistan. Tim