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To: Sojourner Smith who wrote (6483)	3/12/2003 10:35:19 PM
From: Softechie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11447

George Soros: I see a parallel between the Bush administration's pursuit of American supremacy and a boom-bust process or bubble in the stock market. Bubbles do not grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality but reality is distorted by misconception. In this case, the dominant position of the US is the reality, the pursuit of supremacy the misconception. Reality can reinforce the misconception but eventually the gap between reality and its false interpretation becomes unsustainable. During the self-reinforcing phase, the misconception may be tested and reinforced. This widens the gap leading to an eventual reversal. The later it comes, the more devastating the consequences. news.ft.com

To: Sojourner Smith who wrote (6483)	3/12/2003 10:37:50 PM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11447

the "e-bomb". saw that. maybe this whole thing is an adventure in getting some rebuilding contracts to LU, CSCO and DELL. stranger things happen..

To: Sojourner Smith who wrote (6483)	3/13/2003 1:55:07 AM
From: augieboo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11447

"Yeah MOAB is bizzare in this case. I don't get that at all." There is nothing bizarre about it. It's a psychological weapon -- which is precisely why the tests have been released to the media. The Iraqi army is full of conscripts who would rather be anyplace else -- and who watch CNN. This gives them something really nasty to think about as the clock ticks down -- the kind of thing that will keep a poorly trained, poorly paid, conscripted soldier awake at night. Exhausted soldiers fight poorly and are more prone to break and either run or surrender. Once the fighting starts, dropping a few of these things near Iraqi troop concentrations gives Saddam's soldiers all the more incentive to break and run, thus potentially saving untold lives. The tactic was used with some effect in the first Gulf War and apparently worked well against Taliban troops in Afghanistan, so there is no reason to believe that the Iraqis this time will be any more willing to sit around waiting for a direct hit from an even bigger, nastier whatchamacallit. Plus, giving it the nickname "Mother of all Bombs" is a direct poke in the eye to Saddam. If you remember, back in '91 he promised to wipe out the U.S. military in the "Mother of all Battles."