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 ************************************************************************ Paul Zarembka, editor, RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY at ********************* http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PZarembka mongiovg <mongiovg@stjohns.edu> 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.
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