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Politics : Idea Of The Day
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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (21964)12/17/1998 2:51:00 PM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) of 50167
 
IQBAL,>>> so far Lott and others who know very little of realities on this ATLANTIC are falling into this trap.. <<<

I do not diagree with you on the nature of Saddam Hussein. However, Bill Clinton has no solution and no will to resolve the Saddam Hussein situation. Air strikes via cruise missles and bombers have no effect on Saddam Hussein. Iraq is a big country. A few hundred missiles or manned sorties will only destroy some buildings, some important infrastructure, kill a number of innocent Iraqis and inconvenience a lot of Iraqi people.

We have no quarrel with the Iraqi people. They are being held hostage by Saddam Hussein. They are given no alternative to his dictatorship. If they rebel, they risk their lives.

Saddam Hussein has had ample time to hide relevant documents and important assets. He is now hiding his own ass(et) safely in some bunker probably monitoring CNN.

The bombings will stop - but Saddam will go on. He does not have to answer to his people, shareholders, or board of directors. If he is a few quarters late with his development of weapons of mass destruction - that has little meaning. He will be there after Clinton leaves office (one way or the other).

Clinton is probably smart enough to understand that this military action will do little to deter Saddam Hussein. The real benefit is that he delays his own impeachment for a few days.

The big mistake was made by George Bush when he did not end dessert storm by ending Saddam Hussein's regime. It will take another Dessert Storm to rid the Iraqi people of Saddam Hussein. Clinton is not the commander in chief that has the kind of credibility to mount that kind of an offensive.

Clinton is only good at doing interns - not dictators. Don't confuse the issue.

Mary
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