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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (151218)	11/6/2004 2:25:14 PM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Jacob, it does seem that in a nuclear world of suicide bombers the conventional ways we are trying to secure peace lead to a dead end, sooner or later.

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (151218)	11/6/2004 3:04:14 PM
From: Don Hurst	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>>"This is also the likely scenario, when Anchorage or Seattle or Houston dies."<< Naah...can't happen...we have the 21st century Maginot Line in Alaska.

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (151218)	11/6/2004 5:27:33 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Respond to of 281500

In Bin Laden's latest speech to America he crowed about how he could make America waste her treasury, with little investment on his part. Its probably not giving him too much credit to suggest that With 9/11 he showed some understanding of economic war. I do fear that shipping / ports must be high on his list of targets, as interrupting the international flow of goods would be the single easiest method to bring the US to its knees, economically speaking. Suddenly all borders are shut, period. In and out. I live in a major port city. For that matter, the attack doesn't even have to occur on US soil in order to be effective - any port belonging to any of the US allies would do. Meanwhile, US policy of preemption has much of the administration's focus on Iraq. I can't help but think that this plays exactly into Bin Laden's hands -- he never had serious ties with Iraq - Saddam was as much an infidel as Bush is, in Bin Laden's eyes. No, rather than hang out in the open in this new "front on the war on terror" any smart terrorist is going to be deep in the shadows, far away from Iraq and other hot spots, getting ready for whatever lies next.