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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (65617)	9/8/2002 8:02:16 AM
From: d:oug	Respond to of 70976

Message #65617 from Zeev Hed at Sep 7, 2002 "... An "unprovoked" attack on Iraq will set a new international precedence as to "when preemptive strikes" are justified. It will lower the barriers to armed conflicts, and could eventually plunge the world in fires from tens of regional conflicts..." [stop.] . Zeev, My views using my version of ChucaSpeak. Message 17964129 Message 17966077 doug

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (65617)	9/9/2002 8:03:24 AM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 70976

Zeev, Agree with every word but am still not sure about the conclusion. If Saddam is as evil as Bush claims or we imagine, then perhaps the bar need be lowered just this one time. I know. I know. Not at all easy to do but Rice put it succictly yesterday when she said that she hoped that when saddams smoking gun was discovered it wasnt a nuclear blast. I would add "or a bio/chemical dispersal". What if this is the equivalent of Hitler in the early 30's? Saddam tried to occupy kuwait much like hitler took the rhineland. Because we didnt finish him off and he bobs and weaves successfully now for 11 years without doing something to give our actions legitimacy, should we wait until he gives us cause when that cause could be something horrible? Not an easy call. mike