[Domestic Church]

"So if a nuke- of whatever type- goes off here, aren't they partially complicit?"

And if several go off you know they will come running to *help* us.

[JustPiper]

U.S. Shifts Focus in Hunt for Al Qaeda, Bin Laden
Tue Mar 2
By Mike Collett-White

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. forces are basing more troops in the south and east of Afghanistan (news - web sites) and spending longer on patrol in rural areas to help gather intelligence about al Qaeda and Taliban militants, the U.S. military said Tuesday

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=564&e=7&u=/nm/20040302/ts_nm/afghan_alqaeda_search_dc_1

[jerseygirl]

Seems to me that possibly Russia had its "largest military exercise in 25 years" not only for Putin's benefit, but to remind us that they will quickly respond if we were to be hit and retaliate against them. Some of the wording they used at the time of the exercise seemed to suggest that they were concerned that we might abruptly attack them. It was interesting wording, all things considered. Now, why would we even consider attacking them?