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To: Bilow who wrote (41482)	9/2/2002 3:12:06 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

It's been congress that has held up the Apache sale, not the DoD or the administration, and it dates to 1994 ...and Congress would be approving this long-delayed sale right about now if Kuwait were adamantly opposing our policies, for what reason exactly? Just pure coincidence? Do you smell a little quid pro quo going on? I sure do. It's a fairly elite club of Friends of America that has these particular Apaches, after all.

To: Bilow who wrote (41482)	9/2/2002 4:01:34 AM
From: SirRealist	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Good points also, Carl. The only developing rationale I see for an attack is that the White House may be worried that if they don't follow-through on the bluster, it'll be perceived as weakness in Islamist circles, a calculation OBL has made after Reagan pulled troops from Lebanon, Bush backed off the RG in Desert Storm, and Clinton backed off Sudan. The conflicting reports about Hussein's WMD's provides as much incentive to go to war as conflicting market analysts provide to go long on Worldcom stock.