In an opinion column in the London Daily Telegraph, John Keegan calls for a combined US/Russian/British invasion of Afghanistan: http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk:80/dt?ac=006026232037638&rtmo=pUsM4USe&atmo=rrrrrrrq&pg=/01/9/14/do01.html He then goes on to say, and I quote: ========== "There are other current movements of which to take note, as yet insubstantial but certain to gather concrete form. One is the retreat of human rights lawyers from the forefront of public life. America in a war mood will have no truck with tender concern for constitutional safeguards of the liberty of its enemies. The other, which ordinary Americans will have to learn to bear, is interference with their liberty of instant electronic access to friends and services." "The World Trade Centre outrage was co-ordinated on the internet, without question. If Washington is serious in its determination to eliminate terrorism, it will have to forbid internet providers to allow the transmission of encrypted messages - now encoded by public key ciphers that are unbreakable even by the National Security Agency's computers - and close down any provider that refuses to comply." "Uncompliant providers on foreign territory should expect their buildings to be destroyed by cruise missiles. Once the internet is implicated in the killing of Americans, its high-rolling days may be reckoned to be over." ========== The "Torygraph" is the most conservative of Britain's serious newspapers, and is edited from (IIRC) the 30th floor of London's tallest office tower, which overlooks London City Airport, from which STOL planes take off pointing straight at the tower. I know, I've been there myself, it scared me then. Their fear is excusable. Their bloodthirstiness is understandable. Their stupidity is neither. Ken Brown