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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (192008)1/7/2007 5:43:10 PM
From: skinowski   of 794104
 
During the 1990 war, I did wonder whether Saddam had managed somehow to get hold of a nuke or three. I was holding my breath.

Me too. I was also worried during the first several days of the 2003 campaign. Ex post facto it is easier to believe that SH was bluffing, and that, in fact, he didn't have much in a way of WMD's. But back then things were different. Under the ceasefire agreement the burden of proof about the dismantling of the WMD programs was on SH - and instead, he did a fantastic job of acting as if he still had plenty of things up his sleeve.

There were many credible stories about hundreds of former Soviet scientists working for SH. Many other things... you know them all. I do not believe for a moment that Colin Powell would agree to make his presentation if he didn't accept the evidence.

Anyway, I think that the reasons for the invasion were many - and complicated. Preventing SH from eventually becoming a hostile nuclear power was one of them. A no less important reason was the need for a strategic positioning for the larger conflict - with the growing wave of aggressive islamism. Liberating Iraq from SH's dictatorship - and making it instead into a strategically important friend - was an interesting idea, and a good one. But - it was, and still is - just a single campaign in a larger conflict.

A word about China... Hundreds of thousands left Hong Kong - and helped trigger the real estate bubble in Queens and parts of Long Island (NY). In the meantime, their fears proved to be unjustified - the red Chinese left Hong Kong unmolested. I think that for as long as Taiwan does not push their luck with claims of (paper) independence, they are safe. If they are smart, they'll continue to enjoy their good fortune, and avoid making continentals lose face.
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