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To: hmaly who wrote (166922)	4/8/2003 7:39:53 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1582120

Ted Re....Al Qaeda is not defeated in Afghanistan; just underground. There continue to be incidents where administration officials get wounded or killed by Taliban and al Qaeda operatives. Afghanistan continues to be jeopardy. I never said Al Qaeda was defeated, I said Taliban was. Someone needs to tell the Taliban. They keep killing our troops and other Afghans. Afghanistan still has local pockets of resistance, but a new government has been installed, and whatever Taliban there are left, hold no political power. Look at the last 30 years of Afghan history. Political power was not he deciding factor. The Russians went from the Tsars to democracy by way of 90 years of what they called communism. Democracy needs the best of soil, the best of weather, the best of neighbors and the best of intentions to make it Certainly there are challenges to bringing about democracy. However, once instituted, democracy certainly has seen a longer life span than communism, and has been replacing monarchies and totalitarian regimes. Communism in fact, lately has been trying to survive by going more democratic, such as China, and Russia. That's right.....but most countries don't go from a monarchy or autocratic gov't to a democracy in one easy step.........at least not overnite. It usually take years and then some. The Iraqis do not have a clue. My bet is that you are the one without a clue. Within 6 months, I bet that we will see the beginnings of democratic institutions all over Iraq. And I bet that even some of the religious leaders will embrace democracy, and work in a democratic system. You're kidding yourself. I do have several clues and I don't like what I see. ted