[OPE-L:6050] Re: RE: bombing

[Paul Zarembka <zarembka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am much less sanguine.  Getting rid of the Taliban is actually an easy
thing to do and could happen within 2 weeks or a month.  Bush needs the
terrorist threat for much bigger purposes and a quick victory claim would
defeat his agenda.  Paul

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mongiovg <mongiovg@xxxxxxxxxxx> said, on 10/09/01:

>Where I see this episode heading is that
>Bush will claim victory when the Taliban are destroyed and the (almost
>equally  loathsome)Northern Alliance are elevated to power, whether Osama
>bin Laden is  nabbed or not, and he'll be off the radar screen until the
>next terrorist  attack.