Well, well, well. Now THAT is going to be an interesting balancing act. Convince the people of Afghanistan that we are going to attack so they don't come back. Convince neighboring states that we're not attacking so that we don't destabilize friendly (relatively speaking) governments. Convince our own population that we're going to do something so that the government doesn't lose support -- and whatever we do has to be noticeable enough to satisfy the hawks.
I have no idea how they're going to walk that tightrope.
Copyright © 2001, Iain Jackson, after-words.org
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