<DIV>It's really sad how you keep making my point and not seeing how. No doubt you will disagree, but try to figure out why I don't think your story is plausible. Thinking it through yourself may help you see the point even if you don't agree with it in the end.  jks<BR><BR><B><I>Luke Weiger <lweiger@umich.edu></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV>Justin wrote:</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>> It must be lovely living in a world where everything is always new, fresh, and unrelated to </DIV> <DIV>> anything else, a bright mosaic of flashing monads. jks</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>OK, let's see:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For whatever reason (maybe after rereading Kaplan's _Balkan Ghosts_), Clinton decides not to respond militarily to the Kosovo situation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bush wins the 2000 election.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On 9-11-01, terrorists strike the WTC.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>5 hours later, Rumsfeld scrawls in his notebook, "best info fast. Judge whether good enough hit S.H. at same time. Not only UBL." </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A year and a half later, Rummy gets his wish.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anything fanciful in the least about this alternate history?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-- Luke</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR><BR> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/mailsig/*http://tax.yahoo.com">Yahoo! Tax Center</a> - File online, calculators, forms, and more