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To: Win Smith who wrote (153745)12/9/2004 12:08:47 PM
From: Sun Tzu  Respond to of 281500
 
the Afghanistan Jihadists that Bin Laden and Al Qaeda grew out of do have a fairly clear lineage of state sponsorship, but it had nothing whatsoever to do with Iraq.


Why you don't say! Which state was the sponsored the current Afghan warlords and the Taliban/AQ? Shall we call that state sponsored terrorism or supporting freedom fighters who are moral equivalents of the founding fathers?



To: Win Smith who wrote (153745)12/9/2004 12:26:26 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
If the circumstances are intolerable enough, surmise will do. Obviously one doesn't want to make a mistake, but the error of toppling a tyrant for mixed reasons, some of which do not hold up, is slight compared to leaving him in place without ascertaining how much of a menace he really is.


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