In a message dated 10/8/01 2:02:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< > Afghanistan has a legitimate government. > "legitimate" as far as it was the penultimate winner of the civil war. > It was forced out by the Taliban > fundamentalists. Would they be able to maintain > control if reinstated? > Probably not. >> Then when all of this is over, we're going to be faced with the unpleasant task of maintaining a continued military presence to ensure the security of the Afghan government. I just bet the Muslim world will love that. Hrm.... I wonder if then some of the other Islamic countries would band together and take over Afghanistan in order to keep us from interfering. The solutions just keep getting more complicated. :( Jon
