From: "Geo." 

"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
news:3e0efe8c{at}w3.nls.net...

> He's a military Dictator but he's one of "ours" so he must
be OK right?

I don't see it that way, what I see is that both he and us have a common
enemy so it's OK to work together against this enemy.

> Just out of interest if a right wing born again christian type were to
> become pres of the USA would the Islamic countries be correct in assuming
> that the US nuclear forces were an extreme threat?

that kinda depends on the right wing born again christian. If this person
were someone who clearly put the values of his country and peoples ahead of
his own then I don't see where it would be an issue. OTOH if OBL were
elected president of the US then I think many Islamic countries would be
correct in that assumption...

> Bull to your Bull. Al-Qaeda is an Arab Sunni threat to Iran. The Persians
> should be both Arabized & made to become sunni.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A4
231-2002Aug27¬Found=true

"The report from these sources supported the Bush administration's
long-standing assertion that Iran -- or at least hard-liners in the
conservative clerical line of authority that controls the army and
intelligence services -- is harboring al Qaeda fighters."

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/08/28/iran.alqaeda/

and this one is pretty good too

http://www.insightmag.com/news/308366.html



> You reckon? We shall see but I'm reckoning in 2004 it will still be in
> recovery mode & that's if deflation can be avoided.

Greenspan said it would be a long slow recovery, I see no reason to not
believe him. I also believe it will be a staggered recovery with some
sectors and some states seeing recovery sooner and more intensly than
others.

> Presidents who preside over crap economies get blamed.

it wasn't the economy, if Perot didn't run then Bush would have won. Perot
took 20% of the vote in the largely republican sections around me.

Geo.

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