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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (1266)	2/9/2004 11:37:37 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Bill, why do you think the Bush Administration refuses to hand over to the UN the rebuilding and distribution of Iraq's oil resources? Why does the Bush Administration want to become like Israel is to Palestinations in Iraq and how do you think Jordan will like being squeezed in between all of this? And don't you think that rather than getting bogged down with a timetable of US politics that those who consider themselves enemies of the US are using the openings now provided them in order to recruit younger generations of future terrorists? I think that what may be one year to us might actually represent five years to them, that their struggle has gone on for centuries and that what they're trying to build will last longer in time. No military has ended the will and fight of the Palestinians, and it seems obvious that a US military will see similar results. Seems to me that the best tools available to us is to show true world leadership, to champion global worker rights, be consistent, not inconsistent, in our calls for human rights and to behave like a nation that believes in them. Arab folks aren't seeing this. Education is probably the more powerful tool for dealing with terrorism than is the US military. For example, we've got tremendous policing powers in the drug war but only a five decades-long history of failure no matter how great we beef up those powers. I think the same will hold true in the war on terrorism. In this it could well be that the pen is mightier than the sword.