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To: TimF who wrote (150339)	8/26/2002 1:46:02 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1583926

Ted do you believe Saddam Hussien is not evil? This is not an issue of morality. Saddam may be evil today and not evil tomorrow...it depends on the direction of our interests. The questions are, is he a real threat to the US, does it merit a full scale war or is there an alternative, does a full war have the support of the world, and last and most important, does it have the support of the American public. If the Vietnam war thought us anything it is that the support of the country is crucial.... Al

To: TimF who wrote (150339)	8/26/2002 4:09:31 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583926

Ted do you believe Saddam Hussien is not evil? Your argument is hinting at a moral equivalence between the US and Saddam's Iraq that I would say does not exist. Tim, the point that I was making is that too often in the past leaders will declare a potential enemy as evil if an effort to develop a moral imperivative for going to war. In fact, that was Steve's explanation when Al, I think, asked him why we should go after Saddam. First off, I don't think Bush nor Rice nor Cheney, the president, are in a position to decide who's evil. They may feel they are but I am perfectly able to make that call for myself. Secondly, if evil is the basis for going to war, there is a short list of evil in this world so why only go after Saddam? Why do you think Sadam is more dangerous than say Pakistan's Mussereff? ted