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<DIV>The Kremlin was attacked as a bunch of evil warmongers when it moved into Chechnya after the Chechen "leadership" refused to give them the leaders who organized the invasion of Dagestan -- but that must be completely different, I guess.</DIV>
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<DIV>I know, I'm one over, I will flaggellate myself in contrition. Wham! Smack!</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><B><I>Brad DeLong <jbdelong@uclink.berkeley.edu></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>What was there to "discuss"? The Taliban's choice was between <BR>immediately arresting Osama bin Laden and his cohorts and turning <BR>them over to us, or war.<BR><BR>"Discussion" was neither necessary nor appropriate.<BR><BR>-- <BR><BR>Yours,<BR><BR>Brad DeLong<BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE><p>
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