From: "Adam Flinton" 


"Geo."  wrote in message
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> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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>
> > 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.
>

Same thing only now it's al-qaeda rather than communists. The US &
Pinochet had the same 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
>
>

A) Most of this is assertion. If the intel is so good then where is Bin Laden?
B) Iran is full of Afghans running from the fighting (milllions of them).
The phrase needle in a haystack comes to mind C) While there may be
officials sympathetc too & aiding in this process it isn't iranian
policy.
D) Most seem to have gone to Pakistan. So I take it that would make
Pakistan even "guiltier"? Odd that When Musharaf is the West's
blue (ok brown) eyed boy.

It strikes me that the countries neighboring Afganistan have long &
porous borders in which ever direction you go. I am sure there will be
sympathizers in each one of the neighboring countries just as there are in
Indonesia, Malyasia, the UK, Yemen, The USA, Germany, France etc.etc.
However there is 0 sign that the Gov of Iran supports Al-Qaeda.


>
> > 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.
>

Long slow recovery. Interesting how often economists are re-appraising. The
big problem is that now as globalization has spread the upturn is going to
have to spread globally too to get the US back to where it wants to be
& that may take a long time indeed.

> > 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.
>

OK then which President presided over the wall street crash / great
depression & was he voted back in?

People vote with their wallets more than you would like to believe.

Adam

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