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To: Dayuhan who wrote (73725)	2/13/2003 10:24:55 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

We cannot stop terrorists by invading nations. By the time we get there, the terrorists will be long gone, and settled somewhere else. Just because terrorists are in business, doesn't mean that threatening nations are all out of business. The sad reality is that the terrorists do not really need state support ...but it sure does help. You can't run an effective terrorist campaign out of a shoebox. I'm hard pressed to think of any large terrorist movement that didn't have either state support, or safe-haven territories, or both.

To: Dayuhan who wrote (73725)	2/14/2003 10:08:58 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

We cannot stop terrorists by invading nations Hi, Steven. I had forgotten I had written that post eons ago. Welcome back. Saddam's threat is a two-bladed one. He can supply terrorists with WMDs, harbor them in Iraq, and train them. I know, I know....his connection to AQ and OBL hasn't been proven to the strict evidentiary level required in courtrooms by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. I refer you to Goldberg's latest New Yorker article on that point. In a nutshell, it's insane to require strict proof in this arena. A mere reasonable possibility is more than enough on which to act. Otherwise, we risk catastrophe. Secondly, the whole Pollack argument in my view justifies invading Iraq. You might recall that he believes that the the connection between OBL and Saddam is uncertain and perhaps non-existent.