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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (341)	1/9/2002 1:01:21 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) of 6945

From the same link, a little insight into the way American democracy works: <<< It is worth mentioning that in 1990 and 91, on the eve of the Gulf War, these questions arose. They were raised by Iraq. Several days before the Gulf War began, Iraq offered — once again; they’d apparently made several such offers— offered to withdraw from Kuwait but in the context of a settlement of regional strategic issues, including the banning of weapons of mass destruction. That position was recognized as “serious” and “negotiable” by State Department Middle East experts. Independently of this, that happened to be the position of about two-thirds of the American public according to the final polls that were taken before the war—a couple of days before. We do not know whether these Iraqi proposals were indeed serious and negotiable as State Department officials concluded. The reason we don’t know is that they were rejected out of hand by the United States. They were suppressed to nearly a hundred percent efficiency by the media. There were a few leaks here and there. And they’ve been effectively removed from history. So therefore we don’t know. >>>

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