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re: The evidence is still out there, Mary Anne . . .
D. Spires — (archived)

. . . buried under the sandy seas of a very large nation.

It's surreal to look upon -- all that white, under all that blue, with nothing in between -- and brings to many (particularly this jungle-rat) feelings of vertigo. I like my walls and I like my jungles, keeping them and their inhabitants close. I don't like standing exposed, and I like to hear when I suddenly have company. My tour to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia back in the spring of '92 left me respectful of anyone who could accurately cross that land, let alone find something buried in its sands.

Hussien was a packrat of sorts, and like to squirrel his resources away for later use. His air force has been sitting in Iran since 1991. Today we're tapping (lightly, but tapping nonetheless) upon the borders of Iran and Syria (for some reason, still ignoring that “southern” border), and I think we'll find more damning evidence in their lands -- and Saudi Arabia. The borders are all desert, and extremely porous, with illegal traffic flowing both ways with ease.

The Middle East is a big, bad land,
Dan

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