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To: Bilow who wrote (27834)	4/30/2002 10:24:41 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Respond to of 281500

RE:In either case, our best move is simply to wait. My bets are that the dissidents are wrong. They've been selling the same soap for 10 years and Saddam is still in power. He stays in power a bit like Arafat i.e. he kills anybody who might be able to form a real opposition to him! It was recently reported that he sent fifty Iraqi generals to their death. Now, those people in the Pentagon who are not happy about Rumsfeld's military reorganization can see a striking difference between how we operate in a democracy versus a despotic regime. I wonder why that news about the executed generals didn't get more press coverage. Anybody know?

To: Bilow who wrote (27834)	4/30/2002 11:59:32 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 281500

If the stories from the dissidents are true, then all we have to do is wait and Saddam's regime will fall without our pushing it. If they're false, then we'll have an ugly war on our hands. In either case, our best move is simply to wait. My bets are that the dissidents are wrong. They've been selling the same soap for 10 years and Saddam is still in power. I think its more likely that they are exaggerated then that they are completely right or wrong. True events that are not typical are probably portrayed as typical. Events that happen occasionally are portrayed as constant, and the whole thing is spun to make Sadam look weaker then he actually is, but I don't think Saddam is popular or that the regular army will want to fight to the death for him. Tim