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To: Joe NYC who wrote (224789)	3/18/2005 7:25:37 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573922

re: Collapse of Soviet Union created a lot of instability, and some of it persists in parts of the former empire. I think that it is a given that the world is better off as a result of that period of instability. The SU collapsed from within, not from invading armies. And there was very little instability, relative to what we (IMO) over the next 20-30 years or more in the Middle East. For every action there is a reaction. The Middle East is a muddle of competing religious, tribal and economic interests, with huge sums of money at stake. My opinion is that we are in the first inning of what will become a nasty and violent period... with the obvious cost to the world economy. And no guarantee that in the end it will be better for the people of the ME. John