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To: Bilow who wrote (123174)	1/13/2004 9:54:59 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Of course. In the post 9/11 environment, the easiest place in the world to kill Americans is now Iraq. Why wouldn't Al Qaeda go there? Your argument is like the guy who thinks that sticking his pecker in a hornet's nest will somehow save him from being stung as much. Or maybe we go there because that's where the hornet's are coming from to begin with? Maybe we go there to attempt to destroy the nest, or at least make them spend more resources protecting it instead of swarming and creating new ones? And wasn't it you who posted the comments about how many Arabs (baathists and other fighters) we're killing, but is going unreported? Sure we're taking losses... You know I believe the post-war situation could have been handled better, and we're paying a price for not being as prepared as people like Zinni believe we should be. But I also know that we're seeing the previous structure of power in the Mid-East being shaken and hopefully revamped. All Bush did was put Iraq, a country far larger and more populous than Palestine or Lebanon, into the sewer. Iraq was already in the sewer and you damn well know it.. Just look at the footage we see on the daily news. 12 years of economic sanctions, a per capita GDP that had shrank 6 fold from the late '70s to little more than a $2,000 per year (price parity).. An oil industry in desperate need of reconstruction... A despotic ruling elite intent on building elaborate palaces instead of taking care of it's people... Hawk

To: Bilow who wrote (123174)	1/13/2004 10:27:48 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

Okay. Saddam's captured now. Care to give us the date when the Palestinian attacks stop? They're still going strong. Here's today's news: When? When the Palestinian Authority (Arafat & friends) decide to quit playing patty cake with the Islamists who threaten not only Israeli security, but that of any fledgling Palestinian state. When moderates on both sides finally dominate the extremists and lay the groundwork for reconciliation.. And when Arab states in the region are no longer able to conveniently use the Palestinian issues as a cynical distraction for not dealing with their own socio-economic problems. Hawk