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To: long-gone who wrote (87762)	7/11/2002 9:25:40 AM
From: Richnorth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116790

IMHO, there has been a lot of propaganda on both sides. On the US side, Saddam has been made to look more dangerous than he really is capable of being so in order to rally anti-Saddam sentiments and justify a pre-emptive strike and a war against him as soon as possible. (Recall also that Saddam's Republican Guard was made to look particularly dangerous, efficient and almost invincible just before the start of the Gulf War. All this bullshit for what? Of course, the dangerous formidable enemy would have to be destroyed pdq! And no costs were spared to achieve this and the resources of various nations were marshalled for war against Iraq.) On the Iraqi side, it's been largely rhetoric for which the Arabs (a people whose culture is hyperbole) are famous! Also, there's a need to flatter and to curry favors from the dictator Saddam. Yea, a lot of rhetoric! I recall one of Saddam's ministers saying just before the Gulf War that Iraq considered it an honor that the US was taking on Iraq and that Iraq was glad to fight because the US was a worthy opponent! In the end what happened to the much touted Republican Guard of Saddam was laughable and the war over before you could say General Norman Schwarzkopf! Iraq probably has weapons of mass destruction. But I honestly believe Iraq has been made to look more dangerous than it really is capable of being so for the sake of going to war against Iraq. The point is that Saddam has to be eliminated because he is regarded by all anti-US Arabs as an inspiration for Islamic renaissance in the Middle East and is suspected by the co-alition as a covert supplier of funds and materiél for terrorist activities. Also, a war might just be enough to jumpstart the present moribund US economy, and BUSH could live up to his name --- Beat Up Saddam Hussein.

To: long-gone who wrote (87762)	7/13/2002 7:33:54 PM
From: TD	Respond to of 116790

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