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To: Lane3 who wrote (4987)	2/27/2003 5:12:27 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) of 7720

You could also say he is a bulwark against fundamentalism in the region. That is why the Kuwaitis and the Saudis supported him in his war with Iran (and why we supported him). They didn't want to see that vital waterway, which the war was really being fought over, in the hands of a country run by Mullahs. A fundamentalist Muslim state in Iraq could be a good deal more destabilizing and more of a threat to us, then Saddam is or ever has been. That Saudis know that it could certainly be a huge threat to them if Saddam was replaced by anything like an Iranian type of government. I wouldn't count on the US to be able to install anyone in power there. Once Saddam is gone, Iraq will be a wild card- and it could certainly get a lot worse in the region.

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