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To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (36292)	8/7/2002 1:13:32 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

There is zero support in the ME for waging war against Iraq. Karen, There is zero support for one reason, I opine, because without Saddam's backing for the destruction of Israel, groups like Hamas and Arafat's Fatah wouldn't have the financial or political power to avoid making an inevitable peace with the Jews. Any many governments have an agenda with regard to preventing peace from occuring with Israel. Certainly Saddam does since any unrest on the West Bank buys him even more time and distracts the US from focusing on him. But as it currently stands, since Hussein provides substantial funding to Arafat (along with other parties), he has a say in the policy line Arafat eventually adopts. But the primary point is that you don't lead from behind based upon consensus. You have to state a moral goal (which the removal of Saddam certainly is) and step out front. And you have to escalate the rhetoric to the extent that Saddam recognizes that it's time for him to "retire" and permit power to be shared amongst a variety of disparate groups in the country. I'm not advocating the assassination of Hussein, although his death wouldn't cause me any heartburn. There have been any variety of precedents where dictators have been removed and sent into exile. Remember Idi Amin?? moreorless.au.com Hawk