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To: Constant Reader who wrote (127694)	7/26/2005 3:33:48 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 793838

We will have to disagree then.

To: Constant Reader who wrote (127694)	7/26/2005 3:40:50 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

This is a fairly decent summation- pay particular attention to: "That the risk was really quite minimal (at least until we invaded Iraq), and the terrorists are - like most terrorist groups - simply people on the fringes, rather easily dispatched by their own people. He even points out that Al Qaeda itself was a brand we invented, later adopted by bin Laden because we'd put so many millions into creating worldwide name recognition for it." Message 20858160 Unless the terrorist kill rate gets a lot higher, I'd still agree that the risk is minimal. Part of this whole ball of wax is obviously the way one perceives and asseses risks.