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To: TimF who wrote (48038)	2/5/2008 4:41:50 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) of 541370

But military threats and conquest disrupt supply, and if we had allowed them to stand (say let Iraq keep Kuwait) they would funnel the revenue more and more to the most odious regimes. Sadam was not an 'odious regime' to us until he invaded Kuwait. So let's envision us doing nothing when Sadam tried to annex tiny, little Kuwait. One of two things would have happened. One is that another of the OPEC countries would have used their own militaries to protect Kuwait. Whether or not this was successful was their doing and their problem. Or, two, Kuwait would have become part of Iraq and the oil from the combined countries would have continued being available on the open market for purchase. We had no beef before with Sadam, so presumably we would have had not beef with him afterwards. He would have just been one more despot across the world with whom we do business. Or if we had moral compunctions, we could choose to take our business elsewhere. Other than Kuwait, where else has our military been needed to protect one country's natural resources from another country?

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