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Three big factors in Taliban defeats - Splinx - 11/19/2001 12:59:52 PM
- Some more... - Larry J - 11/19/2001 1:45:28 PM
- Re: Three big factors in Taliban defeats - D. Spires - 11/19/2001 1:41:02 PM

Congratulations to Al Gore - Matt Burley - 11/19/2001 12:53:35 PM

U.N. Condemns Reports of Executions in Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 11/19/2001 10:56:31 AM
- Re: U.N. Condemns Reports of Executions in Afghanistan . . . - Marcia - 11/19/2001 11:10:56 AM
  - addend - Marcia - 11/19/2001 11:30:46 AM
    - Re: The exception to the rule, Marcia . . . - D. Spires - 11/19/2001 12:50:37 PM

Teenage Girl Brings Kabul TV Back On Air . . . - D. Spires - 11/19/2001 10:44:53 AM

Campaign Contributions and Corporate Taxation - Greg - 11/17/2001 5:54:30 PM
- Re: Campaign Contributions and Corporate Taxation - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2001 7:05:26 PM
- Corporations pay zero taxes anyway - ebnelson - 11/18/2001 5:38:24 PM
- Re: Campaign Contributions and Corporate Taxation - Dennis - 11/18/2001 4:47:17 PM
- Who do you think pays corporate taxes? - Larry J - 11/18/2001 9:54:05 AM

Ya know, maybe ObL and his boys were no less arrogant than other imperialists - ebnelson - 11/18/2001 5:06:28 PM
- Welcome to the Third World folks. This is Standard Operating Procedure. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2001 6:02:39 PM

Terrorists - Raoul - 11/17/2001 9:21:03 AM
- I wonder how you teach someone how to be a suicide terrorist? - Matt Burley - 11/17/2001 8:32:09 PM
  - Re:Maybe it's simpler than we think. - Raoul Lannoy - 11/18/2001 4:46:24 PM

I guess Omar, the brain seizing mullah can call this part of his great plan, too - ebnelson - 11/18/2001 2:06:49 PM

Comparing Vietnam and Afghanistan. - Jacob Samorodin - 11/17/2001 5:25:44 PM
- Re: Comparing Vietnam and Afghanistan. - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2001 8:24:20 PM
- A few you missed - RNE - 11/17/2001 7:49:08 PM
  - A few more... - Larry J - 11/17/2001 9:32:53 AM
    - All good points - Buck Galaxy - 11/17/2001 11:25:29 AM
      - Re: All good points - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2001 11:30:58 AM
        
        Re: good call . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 11/17/2001 1:04:44 PM
        
        Re: All good points on why it's not similar, but here's one that is: - Marcia - 11/17/2001 12:20:38 PM
- Re: HEY!! - D. Spires - 11/17/2001 1:07:41 PM
  - Hippies - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2001 5:17:27 PM
    - Every draft in US history has allowed exemptions - Larry J - 11/18/2001 9:39:50 AM
      - The draft, fruitcakes, and Canadian Thanksgiving (recipe included) - Mary Anne - 11/18/2001 11:22:38 AM
        
        That's a surprising receipe ... - Larry J - 11/18/2001 11:56:58 AM
        
        LOL! n/t (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/18/2001 12:12:47 PM

They must be pleased at the opportunity to prove how much thel like to die - ebnelson - 11/18/2001 10:20:26 AM

An interesting article... ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/17/2001 7:57:48 PM
- Oh, I don't know, SDAI... - Mary Anne - 11/18/2001 9:31:25 AM

1997: the pipeline and the Taliban - Greg - 11/17/2001 4:12:43 PM
- So if we do nothing, we blamed for abandoning them, if we trade with them we are kissing butt, if we fight them we are imperialists... - ebnelson - 11/17/2001 7:45:04 PM
  - When you're a superpower, you just can't win! n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 11/17/2001 8:35:19 PM
- Re: 1997: the pipeline and the Taliban - Success_Machine - 11/17/2001 6:07:40 PM

Nuke Manual Looks Like Internet Hoax - Greg - 11/17/2001 4:02:47 PM
- Re: Nuke Manual Looks Like Internet Hoax - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2001 8:27:49 PM

Foreign Taliban Death Orders . . . - D. Spires - 11/16/2001 12:42:24 PM
- Foreigners have screwed up Afghanistan almost beyond belief - ebnelson - 11/16/2001 5:12:34 PM
  - We should wipe out the Taliban and Al Queda - Matt Burley - 11/17/2001 7:11:50 PM

Hoax (fortunately) - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2001 4:39:16 PM
- Thanks for the insight. I am not as up on the hoax side. - ebnelson - 11/17/2001 5:37:38 PM
- Great minds... [LOL] - E'telekeli - 11/17/2001 4:44:03 PM
- Sorry...was supposed to be a response to virus message (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2001 4:40:05 PM

Virus Alert --this just showed up via e-mail - ebnelson - 11/17/2001 3:49:23 PM
- Hoax - it's on Symantec's list - E'telekeli - 11/17/2001 4:42:31 PM
  - blush Sorry about the false alarm. I thought time might be important (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/17/2001 5:35:29 PM

Years of dealing with terrorists - Raoul - 11/17/2001 11:44:52 AM
- First confirmed anthrax contamination reported from the land of the Gauls. - Jacob Samorodin - 11/17/2001 4:42:05 PM
  - Re: First confirmed anthrax contamination reported from the land of the Gauls. - Raoul - 11/17/2001 5:14:55 PM

Airport security to be nationalized. Great. - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2001 6:01:08 PM
- Re: Israel a good example? - Raoul - 11/15/2001 6:51:27 PM
- No rent-a-cops on the front lines - Splinx - 11/15/2001 6:26:27 PM
  - Can Fed employees be fired? - phil - 11/15/2001 8:33:11 PM
    - You don't have any retirement benefits other than SS? (n/t) - alcaray - 11/16/2001 4:26:37 PM
      - Re: You don't have any retirement benefits other than SS? - phil - 11/16/2001 7:43:04 PM
        
        Good grief, who do you work for? - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2001 8:31:05 PM
        
        Re: Good grief, who do you work for? - phil - 11/16/2001 10:33:23 AM
  - Re: No rent-a-cops on the front lines - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2001 6:52:18 PM
    - There are bank robberies every day. - alcaray - 11/16/2001 4:44:28 PM
  - Go to most government offices - Larry J - 11/15/2001 6:41:29 PM
    - The three offices I am most familiar with: (n/t) - alcaray - 11/16/2001 4:17:58 PM
    - The three offices I am most familiar with: (n/t) - alcaray - 11/16/2001 4:17:57 PM
      - Having a little trouble here! - alcaray - 11/16/2001 4:24:42 PM
        
        IRS, DMV, Forestry and Post Office... - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2001 8:32:58 PM
        
        How about these? - Larry J - 11/16/2001 6:09:38 PM
    - Re: I agree . . . - D. Spires - 11/15/2001 10:39:48 AM
- Private security - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2001 1:28:32 PM
  - A lot to lose - Splinx - 11/15/2001 4:53:30 PM
- quite scared till I heard. . . . - Justin Kelly - 11/15/2001 10:44:22 AM
- Re: Airport security - Splinx - 11/15/2001 10:12:26 AM
  - The Air Force is rather busy right now - Larry J - 11/15/2001 11:02:48 AM
    - Re: The Air Force is rather busy right now - Splinx - 11/15/2001 5:01:03 PM
      - Have you not been paying attention? - Larry J - 11/16/2001 2:19:57 PM
        
        Re: Have you not been paying attention? - Splinx - 11/16/2001 4:00:33 PM
        
        Wrong assumptions on your part - Larry J - 11/16/2001 6:04:14 PM
        
        Critical flanks - Splinx - 11/16/2001 12:43:36 PM
        
        Don't forget Posse Comitatus - Larry J - 11/17/2001 4:13:06 PM
        
        Re: Who're you callin' a pussy communist? - D. Spires - 11/17/2001 1:55:50 PM
  - Re: Airport security - phil - 11/15/2001 10:47:36 AM

Tehre are rumors that we have accidentally bombed nito Pakistani territory - ebnelson - 11/16/2001 5:03:31 PM
- If you think this is bad..... - Dennis - 11/16/2001 7:38:07 PM
  - Re: If you think this is bad..... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/17/2001 2:50:13 PM

Taliban Withdrawal Was Strategy, Not Rout . . . - D. Spires - 11/17/2001 12:39:34 PM
- Taliban's attempt to mount guerilla war will go kinda like this - Matt Burley - 11/17/2001 1:03:39 PM

Kabul Dispatch . . . - D. Spires - 11/17/2001 12:55:00 PM

Indonesia: Afghan Deployment Could Bolster Military . . . - D. Spires - 11/17/2001 12:45:53 PM

Iran radio claims that OBL may have fled into Pakistan - Matt Burley - 11/16/2001 1:51:40 PM
- Re: Iran radio claims that OBL may have fled into Pakistan - Marcia - 11/17/2001 12:43:11 PM

I agree with Safire on many things, but I have trouble his position here. I would like to hear from people on this forum on this essay, please. - ebnelson - 11/15/2001 4:54:04 PM
- Brief historical background - E'telekeli - 11/16/2001 6:59:31 PM
- Re: I agree with Safire on many things, but I have trouble his position here. I would like to hear from people on this forum on this essay, please. - alcaray - 11/15/2001 5:50:22 PM
- Re: I agree with Safire on many things, but I have trouble his position here. I would like to hear from people on this forum on this essay, please. - Tom Brosz - 11/15/2001 5:30:21 PM
  - But don't forget that most of our best intelligence assets are also (sympathetic) non-citizens - Matt Burley - 11/15/2001 5:56:22 PM
    - And therein lies the rub - Larry J - 11/15/2001 6:58:11 PM
- Re:Al Qaeda - Raoul - 11/15/2001 5:25:15 PM
  - Re: It seems reasonable . . . - D. Spires - 11/15/2001 7:40:44 PM
- Remember 911 - FrankC - 11/15/2001 5:19:27 PM
  - Thanks for the many good points and observations. n/t - ebnelson - 11/15/2001 6:03:01 PM

Flight 587 - Tom Brosz - 11/16/2001 4:59:55 PM
- Possible delamination - Larry J - 11/16/2001 5:52:40 PM
- ..incident was tagged "national security" - Tinfoil - 11/16/2001 10:26:35 AM

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