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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: carranza2 who wrote (139285)7/8/2004 10:37:41 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
You keep saying he was a bit nuts. I just don't think he was, and so far you haven't provided any evidence that really works- you just keep saying it, since it is your opinion. And he was much farther from getting nuclear weapons that we thought he was- so unless he KNEW we were making a mistake about his capabilities, I don't see how you can blame him for not realizing we had made a big mistake about him. Seems you ought to blame the US first, for making the mistake.

"It's crazy to suggest that Saddam could have reasonably concluded that he had a green light to take over Kuwait "

It is not crazy to suggest that, but I understand your need to use hyperbole and forgive you in advance. In his government people spoke for him- it isn't crazy for him to assume the same of our government- now that was a lack of understanding, on his part, but not craziness- more like naivete. If you think it is "crazy" to suggest something that seems so obviously a possibility, I can totally see why you think Saddam was crazy. I have to tell you though, I think your craziness meter is way off, and needs some calibration.

I wasn't trying to score points about Russia. But are you under any impression that a Russian threat would not have deterred Saddam? If you do not think it would have, why?
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