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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (69152)	5/29/2008 10:50:58 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542141

<<<Yes, but why.>>> Their PR guys are doing better than our PR guys (eg, Rove, Bush, Cheney, etc...) even though our guys have an unlimited budget.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (69152)	5/29/2008 12:34:57 PM
From: biotech_bull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542141

doesn't this give you pause to think there might be another way? Steve, Absolutely. I can't help but think the response so far, has been a dream scenario for AQ. They probably feel they could legitimately claim to have unmasked the US. BB

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (69152)	5/29/2008 12:59:32 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542141

Steve, re: "And Bin Laden's stature in the muslim world and the hold of Al-Qaeda and its rancid philosophy on young minds have never been greater. Yes, but why." Because all the propaganda and spin you can send out there won't change a reality that is unacceptable to most Middle Easterners. And the most effective near term "antidote" to that reality is, for many Muslims, radicalism. Ed