Blair's evidence against Bin Laden

[Michael Perelman]

The problem is that if a military strick is purely symbolic, it will be a sign
of weakness not strength.  The Israelis lash out by bulldozing just to show
strength, to so something.  Was Clinton's attack on Sudan effective??

I wonder if the attack is like an attack on an abortion clinic, inspired by the
words of a Jerry Falwell or some such character.  Fallwell may only be stirring
up the troops with no particular intention of that particular attack.  Or was
ObL really there plotting out the organizational structure or appointing someone
else to do it.

Look, I don't have answers, just questions.  But I know that the world is very
complex and it is very easy to create instability in a large part of the world
affected by this bombing.  As Brad said before he left, it is far easier to
destroy than to build.

Ken Hanly wrote:


>    Do you not think that some type of  military action even if limited and
> largely symbolic is necessary? Israel's actions seem to be directed not just
> at perpetrators but much more widely. Bulldozing houses etc. shelling police
> stations is hardly any sort of direct attack on the terrorists themselves or
> shooting stone throwing protestors.
>

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu