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To: tejek who wrote (150480)	8/27/2002 3:35:09 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584959

first off, the idea of Sodom attacking the Saudis is ridiculous. The Saudis damned sure didn't think it was ridiculous. And if he were to do something so stupid, let the Saudi military fight him off. I am tired of paying for sht wars that get us nowhere.* So long as we are not developing our own oil (i.e., ANWR) we will have to defend our sources of supply with ferocity. So next time we get the chance to develop domestic resources, perhaps you ought to think about which you prefer: Wars to defend our supply, or saving freaking muddy tundra for the fauna and freaking flora.

To: tejek who wrote (150480)	8/27/2002 3:37:02 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584959

And if he were to do something so stupid, let the Saudi military fight him off. I am tired of paying for sh*t wars that get us nowhere. Ted, And of course today much has been written about the Saudi connection to September 11, while Saddam has not been connected to 9/11. Do we consider that the invasion of Kuwait made 9/11 more likely to happen? And do we consider that another invasion of Iraq this time will increase our standing as the target of more likely Arab acts of revenge? After all, BinLaden has ranted at length against the US for being stationed in his "holy" land. Al

To: tejek who wrote (150480)	8/27/2002 3:42:51 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1584959

Ted, another wild notion... The Chinese have been failry quiet about our rantings against Iraq. I have a theory that the Chinese are waiting for us to become embroiled further in the Middle East to take a more aggressive stance towards Taiwan. Do you suppose that we could end up with a large army in Iraq and the Chinese take advantage of that to invade Taiwan? What do we do if that should happen ? Al

To: tejek who wrote (150480)	8/27/2002 5:37:21 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584959

Ted I was talking about 1991. Al apparently thinks that it would have been a good idea to let Saddam keep Kuwait, and why would it have been so rediculous for Saddam to have attacked Saudi back then? If we didn't intervene then it would not have been that hard for him. If we did intervene but not attack then we would have faced off against his full army and probably have had to keep at least 100,000 people in Saudi full time maybe till this day or even later. I don't see how stopping a hostile dictator from taking over a big chunk of the world's oil supply is a "shit war" its defending out national interest. Tim