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To: TimF who wrote (150500)	8/27/2002 6:28:34 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) of 1585038

then we would have faced off against his full army and probably have had to keep at least 100,000 people in Saudi full time maybe till this day or even later. Why? Has it occurred to you that oil might have been as available as it is today? During the first oil embargo by the OPEC, in the early 70s, it became quickly apparent also to the OPEC that they needed our money as we did their oil. How long did it last. What as the lasting effect...insignificant. Saddam still sells as much oil as we allow him to and some we don't ...in any case, it would have been the entire world that would have had a problem, not just the US. As it turns out, the Saudis and Japan financed Desert Storm. The first to remain in power, and some say illegitimally....and the latter to preserve their oil supply. It was some 300 of our kids that fought and died out there. Not a single Japanese casualty that I can remember. Al

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