<HTML>"What if Afghanistan won't turn over bin Laden?
The level of support for immediate massive reaction suprises me. I am pretty hawkish on this matter, but it seems to me prudent to fight fire with fire; historically, bombs alone galvanize resistance and a ground war - short of a complete pacification a la Stalin - is not feasable.
What is interesting is the question itself has only a small number of answers, none of them feasable and none which include a real solution to the underlying problem of Palestinian autonomy.
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<td><span class="timestamp" style="COLOR: #666666">Created: Mon Sep 17
08:36:45 EDT 2001</span></td>
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<td colSpan="3"><span class="FSnBMdDk">How should the U.S. respond
if Afghanistan fails to turn over Osama bin Laden?</span></td>
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<td width="100"><span class="FSnBMdDk">Increased diplomatic pressure</span></td>
<td><img height="34" alt="Increased diplomatic pressure votes" hspace="5" src="[
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<span class="FSnBMdDk"> 18%</span></td>
<td noWrap align="right"><span class="FSnBMdDk" style="COLOR: #333333">89593
votes</span></td>
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<td width="100"><span class="FSnBMdDk">A quick tactical strike aimed
at capturing or killing bin Laden</span></td>
<td><img height="34" alt="A quick tactical strike aimed at capturing or killing bin Laden votes" hspace="5" src="[
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<span class="FSnBMdDk"> 29%</span></td>
<td noWrap align="right"><span class="FSnBMdDk" style="COLOR: #333333">145412
votes</span></td>
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<td width="100"><span class="FSnBMdDk">Massive military action
against Afghanistan</span></td>
<td><img height="34" alt="Massive military action against Afghanistan votes" hspace="5" src="[
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<span class="FSnBMdDk"> 52%</span></td>
<td noWrap align="right"><span class="FSnBMdDk" style="COLOR: #333333">257939
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<td noWrap align="right" colSpan="3"><span class="FSnBMdDk" style="COLOR: #333333">Total:
492,944 votes</span></td>
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