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To: craig crawford who wrote (1448)	8/13/2002 11:38:06 AM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

Of course, all of the above pressniks hailed the bombing at Osiraq. The excuse was that if Iraq were to open the plant, it would learn how to deal with nuclear stuff and might someday make a nuke, to match Israel's nuke. History reveals that Iraq at the time did not have a nuke weapons program and was (and is) a signatory to the non-proliferation treaty, which is why the French were allowed to provide it with fissile material. But after the bombing, for which the Israelis offered "not a brass farthing" for compensation, Saddam embarked on his nuke program. If you take a cool head and study Israel's leadership and their boosters in this country, it is obvious they are not sound thinkers. They are paranoid. Paranoid people should not have their fingers on the nuclear button. Paranoid people should be consulted on matters of national security. Tom

To: craig crawford who wrote (1448)	8/13/2002 11:49:00 AM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 3959

Excellent analogy: <<< There were, of course, tensions between Israel and Egypt at the time, over Egypt's closing of the Strait of Tiran, but the record is plain that the Egyptian vice president was on his way to Washington to seek a diplomatic compromise via the Johnson administration when Israel decided to pull the trigger. Your counterpart at the time, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, wrote in his memoirs that "we had a good chance to de-escalate the crisis," but the Israeli attack ended that: "We were shocked and angry as hell when the Israelis launched the surprise offensive. They attacked on a Monday, knowing that the Egyptian vice-president would arrive in Washington to talk about re-opening the Strait of Tiran. We might not have succeeded in getting Egypt to re-open the strait, but it was a real possibility." This is reminiscent of Ariel Sharon's decision three weeks ago to bomb the home of a Hamas leader in Gaza after he learned the Palestinian terrorists had voted a unilateral cease fire. >>> supplysideinvestor.com