"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 19:28:00 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


Dave, I see a larger picture than almost anyone. I chalk this up to my
continual use of old technology: Brains and books. You can learn about
the
latter on the web. ROFL! The former....too late for that.



Since you like to contemplate the bigger picture, perhaps you might
enjoy reading this:

http://www.ainsof.com/view.htm

Granted, it's not "old technology", but it does bring an interesting
perspective to our current middle east situation, and makes our
strategy look a little less random, and unguided.

Dave

Full of inaccuracies. For instance, Syria is actually very LOW on the list
of contributors to militant Islam. Back in the 1990s, its leader actually
levelled an entire city where it was determined that the Muslim Brotherhood
made its home. The whole city. Granted, the leader did this to ensure his
continuing term in office, but regardless, it worked. This is why al Qaeda
prefers Qatar as a hideout. According to people who know these things, the
Saudis need to take drastic measures to establish law & order.

Naturally, you'll ask for the year these things happened in Syria, the
leader's name and the name of the city which was destroyed, but the book's
at home. You can buy it, though: "Sleeping With the Devil", by Robert Baer,
a retired CIA agent. The subject matter is current through mid-2003.