As best I am able to determine from limited news coverage, afghanistan
elections are a success.
I was questioning this paragraph:
The groups that are attacking the US are the same groups that are
> killing
> > Iraqi civilians, beheading journalists, and blowing up police stations.
> A
> > bomb that kills 10 Iraqi civilians, and 1 US soldier....is considered
> > "acceptable loss" by these groups
DO we *know* that these are the same groups? How do we know what they
consider an acceptable loss?
Dana
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:39:56 -0500, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Are you referring to Afghanistan, Dana?
>
> If so, those who prefer UN oversight can look to their recent statements
> rebuking Karzai's opponents who initially considered a boycott of the
> election. Otherwise, the mere fact that the taliban were unable to organize
> widespread attacks to sabotage the elections would be a terrific mark of
> success, at least at this stage.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dana tierney
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 2:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Definition of terrorism(WAS The politicization of the Iraq
> War
>
> do we know this for a fact? Not trying to start a flame here, but...
> isn't the consensus that our intelligence in this area really sucks?
>
> Dana
>
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:02:02 -0500, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I agree that the target of the violence is a huge factor in determining
> > terrorism.
> >
> > I don't agree though, that you can make a clean break in the case of
> Iraq.
> > The groups that are attacking the US are the same groups that are
> killing
> > Iraqi civilians, beheading journalists, and blowing up police stations.
> A
> > bomb that kills 10 Iraqi civilians, and 1 US soldier....is considered
> > "acceptable loss" by these groups.
> >
> > On a side note, it's kind of a shame that this Iraq mess seems to be
> > overshadowing some amazing developments in Afghanistan.
> <snip>________________________________
>
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