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To: American Spirit who wrote (5210)	3/14/2004 1:31:26 AM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 90947

One has to think that the purpose to attack Afghanistan was accomplished. Maybe the Bush administration didn't want to capture Bun Ladin for many reasons. There were rumors of a hostile meeting with the Taliban in Berlin well before 9/11. A pipeline was supposed to be placed in Afghanistan that would funnel oil to the Pakistan coast. The Taliban refused ,supposedly ,and the U.S. stornmed out of the meeting. After the land was under control, perhaps the Bush admin decided to stop..........mission accomplished. And besides, we all know that the fish Bush really wanted was Saddam . He did have the approval from COngress to act in any way he deemed necessary to thwart terrorism so all Bush had to do was link Saddam to terrorism and he could attack. I really don't think that we can stop all of AL Quada at any one time.By now we have probably helped them increase their numbers. Taking out Bin Ladin will make him into a powerful martyr. Capturing him might also be a nightmare. Any scenario won't be easy. Obviously, we haven't stopped their capability to strike so we have missed the boat completely. All we have accomplished is to ruin the lives of thousands of people...............most of them Moslem and innocent.

To: American Spirit who wrote (5210)	3/14/2004 12:45:06 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

Assuming that it was Al Qaeda, it was done for the purpose of influencing the Spanish elections. If it works, I would expect them to attempt to do the same thing in the U.S. immediately before our election. People less charitable than me might interpret it as an endorsement of Kerry.