Yes it's off topic but who cares right now.

Fri Sep 14 12:05:38 UTC 2001

so, if we did not learn enough following the french into indochina, we can
learn more by following the russians into afghanastan?  this does not seem
like a sucess path to me.

the successful part of our culture is about tolerance and learning to live
with folk different than we (for many values of 'we' and 'different').

resist the cycle of violence and hate.

randy