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To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (1110)	2/21/2002 2:02:45 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 6945

A quarter a day keeps the doctor away? Tom

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (1110)	2/21/2002 2:22:38 PM
From: Dennis O'Bell	Respond to of 6945

It is because Saddam uses his own people as hostages. And just as important, because he's facing western society that with it's checks and balances won't decisively go after him and hand him the fate everyone "knows" he deserves. It's a lot like the punks that get away with all kinds of things in the low income housing projects, with arrest records a mile long and they're still out on the street dealing thanks to the judicial system our founders put in place to protect us against our own government. If we really exercised the power we effectively have to swiftly deal with people like Saddam, it would only end up corrupting us in all likelihood. We had our chance during the Gulf war, and for fear of destabilizing the region we left him in place. It was a bad call in hindsight. And there's no end to the practical humanitarian things that could be done that don't even involve unseating a Saddam, like addressing the numbers of children who die each year in the world under the age of 5 due to infectious diseases. What does the West do? Puff our cheeks over human cloning... which with today's technology would be at best nothing but an irresponsible publicity stunt.