Saudi arabia, jordan and israel. Year in egypt and i thought if i dont get myself there, im never going. Im going to be like moses having seen the land that never entered. [laughter] and i made a reservation with the mileage i had. I decided instead of doing some dumb sure, i would rent an apartment for a few months and just take my work with me, since i write, i could do that, which i did. I did know anyone there. I didnt have one in. I have teams, i didnt know anybody. And as i said i ended up going during a war, but it wasnt even sure what was going to happen. I stayed because i love it and it didnt need to come back. I mean, i would come back to work every few months, but i met somebody good friends. I have more good friends there that ahead in california. I have kids in california and family. I dont know what happened and why im still there, quite frankly. Its just that, i can tell you i havent mastered the language which is one of the great failures of my life, but i still dont w
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The United States has made considerable progress in its war touproot Osama bin Laden's terrorist network and the Taliban regimethat protects it in Afghanistan. However, the challenge forWashington will be to turn the rout of the Taliban into a decisivemilitary victory and then ensure that the post-war politicalstructure that emerges prevents Islamic extremists such as theTaliban and bin Laden from returning to roost in Afghanistan.