Just heard that VP Cheney said it might take years, rather than
months. That's a good sign of deliberate, as opposed to precipitate,
action.
Tom
On Sunday, September 16, 2001 at 11:47, Chris Barker <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote on "Re: [OM] [OT] Afganistan thinking," saying..
> I pray that your suspicion is correct AndrewF.
>
> And I hope that the news media in the USA is providing an objective
> view of the rest of the world rather than a populist or jingoistic
> one.
>
> Chris
>
> At 19:25 +1000 16/9/01, andrew fildes wrote:
> >This is EXACTLY the message I'm getting from my Afghan students. I suspect
> >that the White House is already well aware of all these problems but cannot
> >address them publicly until the general and understandable demand for
> >revenge softens with time. This will happen as more reasoned discussion
> >appears in the media and people begin to consider the real consequences of
> >precipitate action.
> >Thanks Tom
> >AndrewF
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