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To: the_wheel who wrote (161524)	3/22/2006 1:05:33 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793990

From a purely symbolic point of view, it should have been rebuild by now, and taller. That dead hole is not sending a message to our enemies we want them to get. Though I understand the practical difficulties with a project of that magnitude. Doesn't sound like they'll be starting it any time soon. Hopefully, rebuilding the tower and time will help.

To: the_wheel who wrote (161524)	3/22/2006 1:22:07 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793990

Something went terribly wrong five years ago. At the very end of "Munich," which ends in Brooklyn, the camera pulls back for a view of the Manhattan skyline, and the WTC towers are shown, intact. Which makes sense, given the timing. They were completed in 1972 abd 1973. It's a nice touch. And it makes you think. From the 1972 Munich Olympics to 9/11, less than 30 years. A lot of history in those years. A lot of bad things happened before 9/11. We just didn't take them seriously. Not nearly enough. Now our great ally, Afghanistan, appears set to execute a man who converted to Christianity. This isn't the Taliban. It's the government we support. Which is governed according to principles of Sharia law. Which seems to make execution of apostates mandatory. As the Karzai government explains, the courts are independent. That's democracy at work. Bringing democracy to Muslim countries won't make them Western. Islam is Islam. No doubt they are very nice people, as Kumar keeps arguing. But the law is the law. And Sharia law even more so.