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To: The Philosopher who wrote (5835)	2/14/2001 4:16:42 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

. But in the case of Libya, we brought the problems on ourselves by our intervention in the Middle East. You won't get an argument out of me. I was one of the six or seven Americans who didn't approve of that war. Karen P.S. I think men should be able to get the financial equivalent of an abortion, but I don't see an easy way to implement it.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (5835)	2/14/2001 8:34:39 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 82486

if we had let Iraq go ahead and absorb Kuwait, we could have bought oil just as cheaply from Iraq. It wasn't our self defense interests that made us intervene there. It was our imposition of our moral code. Iraq would pose no threat to us if we posed no threat to them I don't think this is the case. The absorption of Kuwait would not, in itself, have placed Iraq in a position to threaten our economic security. It would, however, have placed Iraq in a position where they could take one more step and absorb the Saudi oil fields. If this had happened - and I think that it probably would have, if Iraq had been allowed to absorb Kuwait with no reaction - would have given Saddam Hussein control of enough of the world's available oil supply to allow him to dictate oil prices and availability. This possibility was deemed unacceptable to the US. It was a war of economic expedience; I don't think morality had anything to do with it.