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To: Alighieri who wrote (185019)	3/17/2004 3:41:46 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577988

Al, he's right. The Taliban are a conservative religious organization that harbored the al Qaeda because al Qaeda was promoting Islamic fundamentalism. They were visible and out in the open. al Qaeda is underground.....two different approaches are needed for two different org. You know my positions on these things, but arguments like his weaken progressive positions against pre-emption and make us seem meaninglessly wishy washy. The Taleban was given ample warnings and opportunities to turn over Bin Laden before being attacked. At some point action talks and bs walks. Al, this isn't an ideological question but rather a tactical one. Are the Taliban evil, religious fundamentalists like al Qaeda? Yes. Did they terrorize their people? Yes. Is their organizational structure and MO the same as al Qaeda? No. That's the key when determining how to eradicate them. With the Taliban, we could go in all guns blazing. That approach has worked to a good degree because they were mostly above ground. Of course, now they too have gone underground and are harder to nail. It doesn't work with al Qaeda because they are mostly like an iceberg loosely connected to other icebergs. With them, we have to go underground to find them. For some reason, we balk at that approach. That's too bad because we will be forever on the short end of the stick until we deal with them mano a mano. Once again its that black and white issue....one size fits all. Its a very neocon American attitude. ted

To: Alighieri who wrote (185019)	3/17/2004 3:53:18 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 1577988

Wishy-washy can easily arise from sharp and decisive actions too. The danger in wishy-washy is that it leaves the audience uncertain as to reactions. The word I would use to describe decisive wishy-washiness is arbitrary, and it leaves the audience just as uncertain as wishy-washy but more frightened and therefore more likely to act with their own preventative method. This type of extreme singlemindedness has been satarized in the role of the Vogon guard in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy <font color=green>"Resistance is useless!" </font> globusz.com