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To: tejek who wrote (160710)	2/12/2003 3:11:06 PM
From: brian1501	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575421

A unified front by us and our allies should have been paramount. Yes, a unified front would be perfect, but a front alone does nothing without some teeth. The US and the UK want the teeth visible and ready, France and Germany want to keep pussyfooting around. Instead, he knows now we are not unified and he knows where the weak points are. Its too bad. Yep, France and Germany are out there for all to see. It is too bad. Bin Laden commented once that our hi-tailing it out of Somalia made him think we were weak and encouraged him on the way to 9/11...I wonder if the road France and Germany are taking could backfire and encourage some attacks against them? Brian

To: tejek who wrote (160710)	2/12/2003 3:45:38 PM
From: hmaly	Respond to of 1575421

Ted Re..My frustration and anger comes from the fact we've played right into bin Laden's hands. I am not sure, what you mean by we. Yes, how this has turned out has helped Bin Laden. No matter how we did it; if the UN could have picked a method to disarm Saddam, and stuck with it, the world would have been better off, and the reaction from the arab world would have been miminal. Right now, I don't see how anyone can win, and the job we are placing upon our boys will be a lot tougher.