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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (257121)	7/7/2008 9:07:49 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (2) of 794032

I know he wasn't going to ever become another Hitler Back in the 70's Saddam Hussein was fairly open about his "hitlerite" ambitions - he claimed that his life's goal was to unite all Arabs under one flag. His intention clearly wasn't to promote democracy in the Arab world. However, it is hard to become a decent Hitler in this day and age without having one vital prerequisite - the Great Equalizer. WMD's. Nukes. In that respect the Israelis kicked him out of the saddle in 1981, when they destroyed his "peaceful" nuclear reactor. Later, of course, Desert Storm knocked the breath out of ol' Saddam, at least for a few years. By that time maybe he was getting too old to become Hitler, but neither he nor his generals would admit to it, and his sons thought, apparently, that things were moving along rather nicely. Michael in the other reply to your post makes a very valid point. If it weren't for Desert Storm Hussein would likely end up controlling a lion's share of world's oil. That would make him more powerful than Hitler ever was.

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