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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (38743)	8/19/2002 9:27:57 PM
From: Dayuhan	1 Recommendation Respond to of 281500

i>But I think back on the last 12 years of wasted time spent "containing" Saddam, and can only wonder what might have been had we pushed the issue and overthrown Saddam. One of the reasons that we didn't was that there was no prospect in sight for stable government, and we didn't want to commit ourselves to having to maintain an unstable government for an indefinite period of time. Are we more willing to do that now? The Europeans might not be backing the US because we may just find out that it was THEIR companies who were selling Saddam the technology to produce this stuff. I don't really think that's the case. The Europeans are not backing the US because, right or wrong, what the US is proposing is not compatible with their views on international relations. I don't doubt that there are more than a few individuals and companies in Europe (and likely elsewhere as well) that would not be happy to see their dealings with Iraq come to light, but I don't think they are creating policy.