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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (320909)	1/15/2007 1:23:01 PM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576167

Elroy, for one, Al Qaeda has taken root in Somalia. Somalia is amongst the most disfunctional messed up places on the planet. If anywhere, we would want al Qaeda there because their cell phones won't work, the power will fail, they don't have basic medicines in case of injury, etc. And it seems any al Qaeda still in Somalia got ran out in a matter of 2-3 days by the Ethiopians recently. They saw how a huge group of armed thugs can force a military superpower to retreat, and they are encouraged by the results. So they stage a number of attacks against Americans, which finally culminated in 9/11. Those two don't add up. They sure as hell can get us to retreat from hell on earth (common sense says to anyone with a brain that you should leave Somalia ASAP), but that doesn't translate into blowing up buildings in New York. If you're saying leaving Somalia caused 9/11 you're making quite a leap. Now imagine if Somalia had the resources of an oil-rich nation. You mean like Iran or Saudi Arabia? Yeah. What happens then is the leaders enjoy driving their Mercedes and do their best to keep the non-leaders in their place. If the US leaves Iraq the people of the region are going to be much busier fighting each other than trying to fight the USA. They all saw what happened to Afghanistan (who hardbored al Qaeda) and to Iraq (who just pissed us off). People in power in oil rich nations like to stay in power. Directly attacking the USA is a good way to lose power.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (320909)	1/16/2007 1:58:17 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576167

Elroy, for one, Al Qaeda has taken root in Somalia. They saw how a huge group of armed thugs can force a military superpower to retreat, and they are encouraged by the results. So they stage a number of attacks against Americans, which finally culminated in 9/11. Now imagine if Somalia had the resources of an oil-rich nation. But it doesn't. What else have you been imagining? That humans can fly? That there is an Emerald City? That Bush is a good president? How long have you had this über imagination? And have you thought about medication?