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To: margie who wrote (41862)	9/4/2002 7:31:48 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) of 281500

He does not sound like a madman here. He does to me. Maybe the cost of the Iran war made him finally flip. He had a reputation for being just a very cruel person up to that point. of relations hoping that the war would end soon. Classic mistake. History is full of accounts where nations think a war will be short and have a minimum effect on their society. WW1 was Britains most recent mistake and it cost one million dead and two million wounded. The wounded included many that were gassed. geocities.com The article is a most interesting read. It sounds like Hussain is profoundly concerned about the welfare of the Iraqi people. Then you realise this is a prepared statement. The words probably mean nothing to him. Glaspie probably realises he has a real nutball on his hands (imho) and is doing his best not to give a reason for Hussain to throw a fit. I am afraid that one day you will say, "You are going to make gunpowder out of wheat." There is something wrong here. One one hand we hear about the USA selling massive amounts of arms to Iraq in support of Hussain including biological weapons, now we are hearing him whine about "wheat as weapons" just before the Kuwait invasion. we accepted the apology, via his envoy, of the American President regarding Irangate, and we wiped the slate clean. Here is a clear case of why the USA should not follow the British Empires example of treating every nation like A/H's and making sure they all stay factioned and subordinate. Northern Ireland is another example. Pissing off human beings who can make WMD is not intelligent. It's very old hat and extremely dangerous today. Therefore keeping both Iran and Iraq at each others throats causing massive injury to both countries populations is a blunder of the first order (imho). You end up with some very brutalised cruel people with a grudge. Iraq came out of the war burdened with $40 billion debts Yep, we in Britain know that feeling from WW1. No point in starting another war though. Hussain failed to understand that point and showed once again what a callous murdering nutball he and his administration are. Iraq was invaded and because he also thought.... I do not belittle you. But I hold this view by looking at the geography and nature of American society into account. Yours is a society which cannot accept 10,000 dead in one battle. He thought because he does not mind if millions die, he can hold the USA and the Rest of the World up to ransom and his whims. He obviously did not read any history of the USA. The USA civil war shows how determined its military is when put to the test. The Iraqi people suffer because they have an administration that does not care about them. Hussain is mad and has been since before that article was written imho.

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