RE: Rumsfeld Says He May Drop New Office of Influence

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    > Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:41:28 -0000
    > From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
    > Subject: RE: Rumsfeld Says He May Drop New Office of Influence

    snip

    > Ok, but I was merely pointing out that the initial goal was to
    > capture bin Laden and close down al-qaeda. Whilst he is at large, surely
    > al-qaeda is not closed down? Whatever the plaudits we might offer for
    > bringing down the Taliban, that was surely a side issue. If bin Laden had
    > been elsewhere in the world, the Taliban would still be in power. A bit
    > like Musharaff- a military dictator who took power via a coup- suddenly
    > becoming Blair and Bush's best buddy. Expediency rules in international
    > relations.

    Even if they do prove Bin Laden is dead via these DNA tests they hope to do,
    IMO there is a good chance that Al-Qaeda would have had plans anyway should
    Bin Laden die a normal death. He may have been an SOB but it did not seem to
    me that he was lacking in brains. In any case the people he trained and the
    cash he and others raised is still out there. If Al-Qaeda does dissolve they
    will move to other groups with the cash and carry on their attacks.

    Expediency is international relations.

    Regards

    Steve

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