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From: "Dave Grey" , said
> O.K. Expert!!!
> If you don't like the Cobb Approach ,what would your response be???
> Later,

I did not claim to be an expert, I just pointed out that while it would make
many people feel better to nuke bin Laden out of existence that this is not
a realistic alternative.  I don't think anyone in the Bush administration is
so stupid as to use a nuke in this case, how in hell could we then justify
trying to stop nuclear proliferation if we use nukes against a third world
country?  Might as well give carte blanche to Pakistan and India to fire
away.  And for those of you who said that Afghanistan is sheltering bin
Laden, don't you realize that Afghanistan is embroiled in a civil war?  Only
the fundamentalist Taliban faction is sheltering bin Laden, the other
factions would like his head on a platter.  The things that I would do are:
(1) Cut off all monies and supplies going to the Taliban group in
Afghanistan, this would include monies from our "good friends" the Saudis;
(2) lean HARD on China to stop supplying these guys with arms; (3) try to
get bin Laden handed over to either the U.S., NATO or some "neutral" third
party for trial.  There's a chance that the other leaders of the Taliban
don't share bin Laden's obsession with the U.S.; (4) While working on item
3, assess the feasibility of a surgical search and destroy mission against
bin Laden; (5) perform air strikes against all known terrorist training
grounds/base camps in the Mideast (would temporarily set them back and make
U.S. citizens "feel safer"); (6) work harder to enforce some sort of lasting
peace in Israel.

Are any of the above guaranteed to work and make you safe?  No, life is
risky, but I'll not live in a police state where the only thing I have to
fear is my own government.

Keith

"Trust in those who seek the truth, beware of those who claim to have found
it."



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