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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (8657)	9/11/2007 6:42:16 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

I think you have acknowledge that our enemies exist numerous times...and you have pointed out that that these enemies have more immediate enemies than ourselves. If we turn them toward their logical, local, most imminent disputes, it serves our National interest better than our serving as a referee and punching bag for every sect that figures out how to twist us around. As a strategy, as opposed to a tactic, I like your thinking. Just watch Basra. (You'll hear me say this a lot in the weeks ahead). The competing Shiite groups will show us exactly just how fractured the whole region is. One small example... iwpr.net

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (8657)	9/11/2007 7:20:31 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25737

But --- if one undertakes to ACTUALLY 'defeat' (in any kind of a total and long-term and permanent sense...) 'radical' or totalitarian Islam, then that is EXACTLY WHAT YOU MUST UNDER-TAKE TO DO: Re-engineer their societies, change the path of the future, alter the world in a major and fundamental way This is where I believe our differences begin... I agree with you about the end goal, but I think these societies will be able to restructure themselves (with our help) once the threat and the disease is removed... you can't start a re-engineering and rebuilding program or work out regime at the gym to build your body until your body is healthy enough to undergo that kind of rigor... I believe every country in the world would want a democracy, why else do people risk their lives to steal away in the middle of the night to get here, the land of freedoms and liberties? I think we both mis-take what each one says, I suppose we spin without realizing it, it's easy to do... okay, so I said nuke 'em all, well, that's how I feel, but I agree it's not really practical... or I probably would...<g> GZ