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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: SirRealist who wrote (36882)8/12/2002 5:49:35 AM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
SirR, I don't think you should require 'non-suicidal' use of nukes by Saddam. He is in his element with the current drama. Confrontation and power are his life. He loves them like I love CDMA. Death by 100 megatons would not be a big deal to him - that's the risk of losing a confrontation. He would guess that the cowardly Americans would rather surrender Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and etc than risk a nuke in Los Angeles or somewhere.

Waiting for him isn't necessarily the wisest course.

As shown by destruction of the Twin Towers, death isn't always much of a deterrent; it can be an incentive. Assuming death is a deterrent is risky.

Mqurice
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