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To: michael97123 who wrote (148155)	10/18/2004 1:51:56 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Respond to of 281500

I love a fair nattering free conversation... ;-) I am talking about terrorists too. Newly minted terroists. I think that dismissing the recruitment angle out of hand is a mistake. Lets find a western analogy... People confronted with crisis often turn to religion for comfort and strength. Given a predisposed audience, its easy to believe that a good "recruiter" will be able to exploit this and indoctrinate them in radicalism. The bottom line is people reacting with grief and anger are not going to justify the war in their heads as a good thing. I know how I would feel if my wife and children had been destroyed by ordinance or ammunition from the weapons of a foreign power.