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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (41002)	8/30/2002 1:58:14 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (3) of 281500

As Lileks said, I'd rather live in a Star Trek Episode. But we don't. At some point you have to start with a rational and just policy. That's why I suggested the Prime Directive in #reply-17771302 What's all this talk about Saddam's WMD? The implicit logic is they are sooo dangerous that something really has to be done about it because they could be a threat. How many US citizens have died due to Saddam's aggression in the last decade since the end of Desert Storm? Few. How many US citizens have died due to obesity, smoking, alcohol, traffic accidents (Europeans too, for that matter)? Just in the past decade millions and millions. If you want to maximize the benefit for people and prevent as many premature deaths as possible then fight these obvious, real dangers. But I guess pushing some buttons to release high-tech weapons is more fun and easier than fighting addictive habits. One more point: the speculations when Saddam might get nukes - in two, five, ten years - should consider his age. He is 65, in a decade he'll be 75! In my view it's more likely that the problem will be solved biologically before he launches another major military operation.

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