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To: LindyBill who wrote (31640)	6/6/2002 2:00:55 PM
From: FaultLine	Respond to of 281500

Because of the severe arm-twisting the president's father performed on the Israeli leadership, Israel didn't shoot back. If it had, our "coalition partners" would have stopped cooperating, and Desert Storm could have stalled before Kuwait was freed. I cannot help but recall this from the May 6, Washington Post ( #reply-17518540 ): One of the most disturbing incidents of Desert Storm I (I guess we can call it that now) occurred on January 18, 1991 when Iraq launched its first Scud missiles against Israel. American officers watched in shock as virtually all of their Saudi military counterparts in the Gulf War coalition command center in Riyadh leapt to their feet applauding the Iraqi attack on America's ally. --fl@uneasy.com