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To: h0db who wrote (120798)	12/1/2003 7:56:56 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I'm going to go back to lurking and watch other discuss the disaster in Iraq. That would be a shame. As for Carl's "breadth and depth", I guess I can concur that he does possess them.. I often find myself donning my "hip waders" before reading his "deep" postings. As for the "disaster" in Iraq, I think the jury is still out on that. If anything, it's a disaster for Al-Qaeda, who were bent upon taking their battle directly to the US, but have spent the past two years running, hiding, and are now relegated to opposing the American incursion into their heartland. American forces are doing what we have always done in such cases, fought our battles on foreign soil so we don't have to fight them here. I also have another theory.. I believe that Al-Qaeda began their attacks upon Saudi Arabia when the royal family finally decided not to pay "protection" money to them any longer. The only recourse the militants had to force such payments was to attempt militant subversion of the government. But that has backfired and finally brought the Saudi royals sqarely in on the side of the US. But it also indicates that Al-Qaeda is becoming increasingly desperate and in need of a big victory, such as a 9/11 style attack. I'm sure this has US counter-intelligence officials sweating some bullets.. I would figure around Xmas time in order to achieve maximum psychological impact. Hawk