Time Travel?
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Lifer
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Well shoot, I guess our resident psychic hadn't acquired his abilities yet:
http://www.google.com/search20...tack&hl=en&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search20...tack&hl=en&btnG=Search
Cool, found the archives of an old site I used to frequent a lot when I was like 14, on AOL 4.0. Half of it is gone though.
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http://web.archive.org/web/200...y/weekly/aa120400a.htm
The New Assault on Osama bin Laden
Dateline: December 4, 2000
The United States foreign policy and national security apparatus is starting to re-focus on the man many consider "public enemy number one": Osama bin Laden.
In the midst of the presidential election turmoil, the Clinton Administration is weighing evidence linking bin Laden to the USS Cole bombing this past October...and weighing possible responses.
Of course the usual Tomahawk cruise missile attack is on the menu. But there are also some interesting diplomatic moves which are being considered. These involve three key countries: Pakistan, Russia, and Iran.
Pakistan
Pakistan is the main supporter of the Taliban. The Taliban is a radical Islamic group which controls 90-95% percent of the territory of Afghanistan. Although not formally recognized by the United Nations or most countries in the world, the Taliban is the de facto government of Afghanistan...and they have given safe harbor to Osama bin Laden. Putting diplomatic pressure on an unrecognized government is very difficult...but putting pressure on Pakistan is not. Look for new moves aimed at making Pakistan pay a high price for support of the Taliban.
Russia
The U.S. and Russia have each come to the conclusion that turmoil in Afghanistan works against American and Russian interests in the region. Now the two giants are trying to figure out if and how they can cooperate to bring stability. Remember that on Christmas Day 1979 the Soviets invaded Afghanistan touching off one of the last major U.S.-Soviet skirmishes of the Cold War. If the U.S. and Russia now join forces on Afghan policy....it spells bad news for Osama bin Laden.
Iran
The Iranians share the American and Russian dislike of the Taliban. The long border between Iran and Afghanistan means Iran could be an important staging area for military strikes against the Taliban. The Iranians could even be encouraged to make strikes of their own. The trouble is that the U.S. does not have diplomatic relations with Iran. In fact, the United States painted Iran as a bogeyman before the Taliban was even born. President Bush or President Gore may be faced with an agonizing choice in this matter.
In Sunday's Washington Post a former State Department official, L. Paul Bremer III, said, "Afghanistan has become the Lebanon of 2000."
So what do you think? What should the U.S. do about Osama bin Laden? Should the U.S. partner with Russia? Should they partner with Iran?
The New Assault on Osama bin Laden
Dateline: December 4, 2000
The United States foreign policy and national security apparatus is starting to re-focus on the man many consider "public enemy number one": Osama bin Laden.
In the midst of the presidential election turmoil, the Clinton Administration is weighing evidence linking bin Laden to the USS Cole bombing this past October...and weighing possible responses.
Of course the usual Tomahawk cruise missile attack is on the menu. But there are also some interesting diplomatic moves which are being considered. These involve three key countries: Pakistan, Russia, and Iran.
Pakistan
Pakistan is the main supporter of the Taliban. The Taliban is a radical Islamic group which controls 90-95% percent of the territory of Afghanistan. Although not formally recognized by the United Nations or most countries in the world, the Taliban is the de facto government of Afghanistan...and they have given safe harbor to Osama bin Laden. Putting diplomatic pressure on an unrecognized government is very difficult...but putting pressure on Pakistan is not. Look for new moves aimed at making Pakistan pay a high price for support of the Taliban.
Russia
The U.S. and Russia have each come to the conclusion that turmoil in Afghanistan works against American and Russian interests in the region. Now the two giants are trying to figure out if and how they can cooperate to bring stability. Remember that on Christmas Day 1979 the Soviets invaded Afghanistan touching off one of the last major U.S.-Soviet skirmishes of the Cold War. If the U.S. and Russia now join forces on Afghan policy....it spells bad news for Osama bin Laden.
Iran
The Iranians share the American and Russian dislike of the Taliban. The long border between Iran and Afghanistan means Iran could be an important staging area for military strikes against the Taliban. The Iranians could even be encouraged to make strikes of their own. The trouble is that the U.S. does not have diplomatic relations with Iran. In fact, the United States painted Iran as a bogeyman before the Taliban was even born. President Bush or President Gore may be faced with an agonizing choice in this matter.
In Sunday's Washington Post a former State Department official, L. Paul Bremer III, said, "Afghanistan has become the Lebanon of 2000."
So what do you think? What should the U.S. do about Osama bin Laden? Should the U.S. partner with Russia? Should they partner with Iran?
M0oG0oGaiPan
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I wish we were able to set date ranges for searches all the time. Keep those old indexes around, Google! Shame they only have them going back this far.
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thescreensavers
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Reading old sports articles are interesting... one headline "Lions ecstatic!" especially made the fact that it's been awhile very apparent
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