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To: Alighieri who wrote (149769)	8/16/2002 12:11:04 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579785

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who would be in charge of planning and directing any military strike, said he welcomes the debate. "I think it's important for people to say what they think on these things and that's the wonderful thing about our country," he told reporters last week. "We have a public debate and dialogue and discussion on important issues." Al, this is the way they're working it to make it seem like we're still a democracy. Its disgusting. In her interview with the BBC, Rice's explanation for why the US needs to invade Iraq is because Saddam is evil......clearly, she knows God is on her side. She thought her explanation was more than adequate. Its bizarre........they really think they are believable. A poll was done after the interview and 58% of the Britons are against military intervention and they want T. Blair to back down. They also think Bush is a jerk. My German friends told me this weekend that there are demonstrations against the US almost daily in Germany and the rest of Europe. They feel the US/Bush has made no effort to explain is stance. The German Chancellor has vowed not to militarily intervened against Iraq. With that as a background, tonite CNBC news had a Rep. and a Briton and an Arab American on the program. The Rep., ever the diplomat, gave his explanation for why the Europeans were not with us on this matter.........he said the Europeans are children, and once again we are the adults. He then went on to point out that we saved Europe twice and they should be beholden to us. I thought the Briton would lose it big time. If this is sounding all too familiar, you're right......it was like watching D.Ray on the tube. Strangely, they seem to be all cut from the same Puritan cloth. I had to turn to "Friends" to get the chill out of the room. <g> ted

To: Alighieri who wrote (149769)	8/16/2002 12:13:41 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579785

Schwarzkof on Iraq tonight on Hardball US not ready Need larger Arab countries to support attack, provide ports, landing, etc... No Coalition...world not aligned with US Iraq an ethnically divided country..what do we do after war is over? Small force will be difficult to deploy...could not find Saddam during Desert Storm, will not be able to find him now Will likely have to fight in the cities...casualties heavy on both sides. Most likely civilians. Saddam will attack Israel who will retialiate... This from a man who was there and was upset that Bush Sr stopped him at the border. Al

To: Alighieri who wrote (149769)	8/16/2002 1:03:05 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579785

Al, <He argued that Saddam is not directly targeting the United States with terrorism, seeking instead domination in the region and control over oil supplies.> This is probably the best reason NOT to attack Iraq. In fact, I wouldn't mind if Saddam did indeed take out his neighbors once again. They seem to be rather ungrateful for America's role in the Gulf War. Plus we'd be saving ourselves a few billion dollars ... at least until we have a bigger and more dangerous Iraq to deal with. Tenchusatsu