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To: Ilaine who wrote (48583)	10/1/2002 4:16:43 PM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (2) of 281500

More Quotes From The Fish Guy. <G> [side note: CB-Is it OK for this fellow to change his mind?] (in the interest of continuity of course) heh heh >>Then there's Kenneth Pollack, Bill Clinton's national security adviser for the Persian Gulf. He used to advocate containment, but he's changed his mind. "[Saddam's] not purposefully suicidal," he said a few days ago. "He's unintentionally suicidal. We've seen that repeatedly. He's by nature aggressive, risk taking, a constant miscalculator. He's also an incurable optimist, assuming that no matter what the situation he will come up with a scenario that will work." And what does Saddam want? "Control of the gulf," Mr. Pollack said. "At some point, he may want to invade Jordan, Kuwait, believing that his nuclear weapons will deter the United States from intervening because we will not want to risk his using them. With nuclear capability, he will feel emboldened that he can use force again regionally."<< globeandmail.com

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