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To: Ilaine who wrote (35117)	8/16/1999 2:18:00 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<I wonder how many days in the past year or so, say, the U.S. military has bombed or shot someone or something somewhere? >> It's tapered off a bit now that Slick isn't on trial now. He needs to lay a little low after the cobbled up Yugoslavian deal.

To: Ilaine who wrote (35117)	8/16/1999 2:22:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 71178

The media (imo) ought to be doing a better job keeping us informed. How can we elect leaders who represent our interests if we do not know what we are doing abroad and if we have no idea what our interests are? For example, Sadam Hussein- what makes him worse than any other dictator with a penchant for murdering his own civilians? He did invade another country- and he had to be driven back to his own border- I believe that it is in our interest to help protect sovereign states as they exist NOW- and claims on former territories, pshaw, everyone can make those. Status quo is my line in the sand. But after the war was over, why the fixation with the man and his itty bitty country? Is it because he looks like such a villain we had to make him larger than life? I really think we have much bigger problems in the world than Iraq.

To: Ilaine who wrote (35117)	8/16/1999 2:22:00 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Actually, I was watching the US/Iraq situation for quite awhile after the "main event". I was quite surprised how little attention it was getting despite the fact that there was almost continuous military activity (i.e. bombing, enemy aircraft engagement, etc...). I concluded that the "little war" got upstaged by a "bigger war" and that the media lost interest. I found it rather appalling how the action continued without any high-profile commentary...