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To: TigerPaw who wrote (214910)	1/14/2005 6:38:46 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573834

And now comes yet another low. According to Newsweek magazine, the administration is planning the ultimate idiocy. Not enough that it has engaged in torture, it is now considering setting themselves up as terrorists too. It is impossible to tell how seriously the administration is taking this proposal, but it is being discussed. It's called "the Salvador option" -- backing death squads to target Sunni insurgents and their sympathizers. Newsweek quotes one military source: "The Sunni population is paying no price for the support it is giving the terrorists. ... From their point of view, it is cost-free. We have to change that equation." They are bound and determined to win this one. The irony is that its probably not winnable. ted