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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49089)	9/16/2005 4:43:25 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

On 'Time to talk to Al Qaeda?' By Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou appearing in IHT today. Appeasement and talks with the terrorists and global thugs will show them the way to more evil... We should never forget what Nietzsche (1844-1900) renowned German Philosopher said about evil, What is evil? - Whatever springs from weakness. Time to talk to Al Qaeda? By Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou is associate director of the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University. This article first appeared in The Boston Globe.) ‘’How can the war be brought to an end? Neither side can defeat the other. The United States will not be able to overpower a diffuse, ever-mutating, organized international militancy movement, whose struggle enjoys the rear-guard sympathy of large numbers of Muslims. Likewise, Al Qaeda can score tactical victories on America and its allies, but it cannot rout the world's sole superpower. Though dismissed widely, the best strategy for the United States may well be to acknowledge and address the collective reasons in which Al Qaeda anchors its acts of force. Al Qaeda has been true to its word in announcing and implementing its strategy for over a decade. It is likely to be true to its word in the future and cease hostilities against the United States, and indeed bring an end to the war it declared in 1996 and in 1998, in return for some degree of satisfaction regarding its grievances. In 2002, bin Laden declared: "Whether America escalates or de-escalates this conflict, we will reply in kind." iht.com