On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 10:30 -0700, Pat McBride wrote: > Yeah, it just depends on your perspective; and at the end of it all, who > won. Ref:- the French Resistance in WW II; to the Germans - terrorists, to > the Allies - patriots, freedom fighters. > > Have you read The Art of War? Says much the same thing.
And what is sad about the whole Al Qadea stuff is all we (the U.S.) had to do to avoid 911 was to get out of Saudi Arabia. Osama (being a religious fanatic) was upset the infidel U.S was in the same country as Mecca. And I think Osama would have been perfectly happy if we had simply removed our military from Saudi Arabia. On the other hand we could have arranged Osama to meet with Saddam Hussein and that would have taken care of that particular problem. :-) Let's see, we have gotten rid of the main rival to Iran (Saddam Hussein) in the Middle East and have tied Osama bin Laden (a shia fanatic) to the shiite fanatics in Iran and elsewhere, even though Iran helped us track down the Taliban in Afghanistan after 911. Meantime we support a shiite government in Iraq which will tie Iraq closer to Iran which may eventually become a nuclear power and dominate the Middle East. Seems U.S foreign policy worked out real well the past 7 years. -- Smoot Carl-Mitchell System/Network Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 480 922 7313 cell: +1 602 421 9005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
