To: SilentZ who wrote (161276 ) 2/17/2003 12:39:54 AM From: tejek Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1574017 I think Europe is most concerned with al Qaeda and tracking them down. I think they see the difficulty of trying to eliminate the world of rogue states and instead, want to focus on the groups that are most dangerous to them. Oh, bully. What makes you think that the European states are more concerned with Al-Qaida than we are? We just have more resources to spread around. Spain and Germany have done an excellent job of capturing al Qaeda. What makes you think they are doing nada?Rogue states tend to be most dangerous to the states around them, not distant states like the US. If you hadn't noticed, North Korea's got a Taepo Dong III that might be able to hit California, and likely two nuclear weapons. Sorry, I am not afraid. The Taepo ding dong has hardly been tested and kim jong doesn't want to die.......and just for the record, I am in its flight path. <g>So let's keep it from becoming corrupted... as Tom Friedman likes to point out, these days, thanks to the Internet, the American (and world) public has more of an idea of what's going on. I don't think our government could get away with another Chile debacle or another Vietnam. It's worth a shot. It sounds better to me than allowing generation upon generation upon generation of people to not have the same opportunities we have. >Frankly, I think we need to get out of the policing business before its too late and leave it to the UN. Think about the makeup of the UN. Out of the hundred and eighty or so countries in the UN, 21 are Arab (plus Palestine gets somewhat of a say) and a total of 58 or thereabouts is Muslim. Think about what the world would be like if the U.S. tried to decrease its global involvement. How much is your push for US policing of the world motivated by concerns over Israel? ted