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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: jlallen who wrote (138538)7/1/2004 8:39:48 AM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Incorrect.
1.Saddam ordered the assassinatIon of a sitting US President.
2. The availability of oil IS a vital US interest as well as an vital interest to the global economy....having a madman like Saddam sitting on the second largest proven oil reserves and adjacent to the largest proven reserves was in fact a threat to US vital interests....

1. Bush Sr. was not a sitting President. He was "retired", having lost an election and there was no attempted assassination. [Not to mention there was little proof that Saddam had actually ordered it.]

2. It's Iraq's property. Iraq oil production was minimal during the 80's demonstrating it had no affect on US vital interests. Iraq conventional military capability was abysmal having been decimated by the sanctions; demonstrating it was no threat to the Saudi reserves.

jttmab
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