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To: Alighieri who wrote (149801)	8/16/2002 10:49:57 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570553

''This is an evil man who, left to his own devices, will wreak havoc again on his own population, his neighbors and, if he gets weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them, all of us. (It) is a very powerful moral case for regime change,'' she told BBC radio. ''We certainly do not have the luxury of doing nothing.'' Ted, there is ironically good news in this. The administration is feeling the heat of European (and world) disapproval and may be responding with PR. I think she will find little support in the UK. Notice that critical <if> and <when> in her statement. Leaves you thinking that they know that he does not have much of an arsenal. Al, I would not be surprised. But with them, it doesn't take much. They operate from a high level of paranoia so that an M-16 rifle becomes a weapon of mass destruction. The worst part about it is that their paranoia becomes self fulfilling......they continually pick at the problem, in this case Saddam, until they get a negative reaction. Then they turn to everyone and say see, I told you so. Its screwed. ted

To: Alighieri who wrote (149801)	8/16/2002 4:44:35 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570553

Notice that critical <if> and <when> in her statement. Leaves you thinking that they know that he does not have much of an arsenal. They don't have such an arsenal or at least not much of one. That's the point. If they didn't have such an arsenal and where not working on one, no response would be needed. If they did have a large arsenal of WMD then there isn't much reason to act now, the advantage of acting to prevent the WMD threat before it emerges is already gone. But since they don't have WMD or have few relatively low power WMD AND are working on them acting now or soon can save a lot of lives. Tim