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To: TimF who wrote (186087)	4/5/2004 6:23:47 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575421

Its not a wounded animal.....it and other terrorist orgs. are growing stronger. The available evidence is mixed but it doesn't seem to be pointing strongly in that direction, particularly in regards to Al Qaeda. Other terrorist orgs may indeed have gotten stronger. With the events of the past 6 months, how you can say the evidence is mixed is beyond me. There is absolutely no question that al Qaeda has gained in strength......and at a minimum, the war and subsequent developments in Iraq have strongly contributed to that growth. Terrorism is on the increase and the threat to the US is heightened. I'm not so sure that the threat to the US is worse then it was in late 2001. I think it more likely that the threat is less but even if it has actually increased slightly that would not amount to an impressive failure by Bush both because the increase in the threat would not be impressive and because without Bush's actions the threat could have increased a lot more. There is no point arguing this issue. We see the current situation very differently. ted