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[Willis Erin <erindive AT yahoo.com>]

Not to belabor the point, but the quote pasted in
below does say "in a Western country."  The
Appalachains, even with their thickets of
rhododendron, are in a Western country.  Therefore,
our country's ability to "track down" targeted
individuals is not something we should rely as being
proficient or easily predictable.  We can't rely on
our forces to go in anywhere, whether Western World or
a third world nation located elsewhere, and quickly
dispatch an individual, such as Eric Rudolph, Osama
bin Laden or in this case, Saddam Hussein....we have
no reason to believe things will be quick and easily
managed, which so much of the Bush admin's PR spin
glosses over or ignores....this is my point. But thank
you for your thoughts.

--- dan charlson <charlson AT mindspring.com> wrote:
> Actually, I think Josep's point here is quite valid
> -- have you ever 
> hiked through the Rhododendron "hells" up in the
> Appalachians, with all 
> their little hidden caves? A lot of those areas
> probably look now like 
> they did back in the 13th century. Many of the
> locals weren't/aren't 
> especially cooperative with the Feds looking for
> Rudolph, either, and 
> after some two years of intense searching, the
> Fibbies all but gave up 
> and pulled out of the area. Part of Josep's point, I
> think, is that bin 
> Laden could blend into the area, like Rudolph could
> blend into his own 
> area; if OBL and ERR were each to move into a
> "modernized" locale they 
> weren't so familiar with, I think in few weeks they
> would be found. The 
> similarity of the two situations is quite
> interesting.
> 
> Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if OBL was Food
> for Scorpions in the 
> rubble of some Afghani cave and his body was never
> recovered -- and 
> though the Air Force wasn't dropping any "Daisy
> Cutters" on caves in 
> western NC, I also think it's quite possible that
> ERR is taking the 
> Eternal Dirt Nap in some little cave, too, and will
> not ever be found.
> 
> Of course, with each of them knowing their
> respective terrain intimately 
> and having friends/supporters in the area, it's also
> possible that 
> they're both still around...
> 
> -dan
> 
> 
> on 10/9/02 3:15 PM, Willis Erin wrote:
> >RE:
> >> In a western country? a few weeks. In an area
> >> that looks much like 13th
> >> century?  who knows. Specially when the locals
> are
> >> not co-operative and
> >> US operatives were removed from the area long
> ago."
> >
> >Our government couldn't/can't find Eric
> Rudolph...so I
> >would say the above point has little validity.
> 
> 
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