<HTML>In a message dated 6/17/2002 3:47:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, delong@econ.Berkeley.EDU writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">And what he said in the mid-1990s about the pivotal geostrategic position held by the Bosnian Muslims? And the claim in the fall of 2001 "'Western Civilization' was basing its plans on the assumption that they might lead to the death of several million innocent civilians"? And the claim that the Taliban forces displayed "astonishing endurance" in their fight against the U.S., its allies, and the Northern Alliance? Brad DeLong</BLOCKQUOTE> See Above...</HTML>