From: Zero Powers (zero_powers@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Sep 16 2001 - 21:39:33 MDT
>From: "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com>
>I've noticed a number of people jumping on the band wagon
>against bin Laden, and thought I would make some points.
>
>First, it has been reported that the Afganistan government
>has bin Laden and some associates under house arrest. If
>so and we and up asking them to be turned over to face
>trial, we may end up getting them.
>
>Second, I believe I have read somewhere that one of the
>primary reasons that bin Laden left Saudi Arabia was
>that he was attempting to overthrow the government.
>While we are all waving the flag and proclaiming freedom
>and democracy we should remember that Saudi Arabia and several
>other Arab nations is *not* democracies, they are still
>"kingdoms". So, if anything, we should be aligned with
>at least some of bin Laden's political perspective.
That's a joke, right? Have you any idea what kind of government Bin Laden
advocates? Look at where he now calls home. We should be aligned with
replacing the Saudi kingdom (which from all appearances has the overwhelming
support of the populace) with a Taliban (which from all appearances has
virtually no support from the populace)? Er, come again?
-Zero
"I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking
that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man.
Has to be." -- George Taylor _Planet of the Apes_ (1968)
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