From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Mark"  wrote in message
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> The fact that they're part of NATO is yet another reason it won't happen.
> But you're borrowing worry based on the Kurds being an independent entity,
> that's not going to happen anyway.

Well the Kurds have been more or less independant for the last 10-12 years.
My concern is more that the ethic problems between the Kurds, Arabs and
Turkomen could cause the Turks to step in to protect their people in
Northern Iraq. The Turks are very serious about the Kurds and the threat to
the Turks. The Kurds in Turkey have been a problem for a while and the
Turks are not easy on them.

>
> As far as Al Qaeda in Mexico, I'd not be surprised if they're (or their
> equivalent) there now (and over the border already). And I can't, for the
> life of me, figure out why the hell we don't shut that border down now,
> nor why we didn't immediately after 9/11.
>
> Unfortunately, it appears that we won't do it until many people die in an
> attack on a border city or beyond. That event will result in our acting on
> the border, but will also bring to bear serious repurcussions, by the
> public, against the illegal aliens (innocent of the attack, and only
> guilty of being here illegally) so it would've been to both our and their
> benefit if the borders were sealed toot sweet after 9/11. This is one of
> the things that I'm not happy with Bush about, but it goes to our
> long-term refusal to act responsibly about our borders across multiple
> administrations.
>
> However, just as I excuse Clinton's lack of action against Bin Laden
> because we were in a 9/10 world during his administration, I find it
> difficult to excuse Bush for not acting on the border problem in our 9/11
> world. I just hope that it doesn't come to pass, but hope doesn't excuse
> lack of a prudent border policy.
>
 I agree that the administration needs to do a lot more on the borders and
shipping. I would be more worried about a container ship going boom. Think
Galveston Texas where a fertilizer ship exploded in 1948. We have made some
progress on inspections but nowhere near enough.

Bob Lewis

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