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In a message dated 10/10/01 12:17:49 PM, joeri@... writes:

>As for me personally, I'm no pacifist, but the _right_ actions have to
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>be taken. It is my _personal opinion_ that these bombings on Afghanistan
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>are a bad decision. I think small commando teams are the best way to 
>deal with it in the military way. This combined with additional support
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>to the people of Afghanistan would give better results in the long run
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>imo. You need inside powers to make the Taliban implode.


Thats almost exactly what they are doing. The bombing raids have been very 
small actually - compared to Yugoslavia or Iraq. The bombing is pinpoint 
accurate bombing of electric power grids, radio, command and control and 
airstrips. I saw the photos on tv - the airstrip was amazingly accurately hit 
so that runway could not be used. They are not bombing civilians 
indiscrimately. Some US warplanes returned without dropping their bombs 
rather than risk civilians.

The next step is to send in special forces, and the Northern Alliance 
fighers. Something like 25% of the landmines in the world are in Afanistan. 
The UN was hiring locals to remove the mines which maim a few people a day on 
average, but on the news today was that Taliban supporters were beating these 
other Afgans who were hired by the UN.

The US is already dropping food, and organizing a broad based new government 
with promises of support for the new era.