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To: Gottfried who wrote (65648)	9/10/2002 11:00:45 AM
From: Cary Salsberg	Respond to of 70976

OT RE: "Compared to this our present predicaments seem simpler with more hope of a solution." I think Mike has the analogy correct: WW2 was to Roosevelt and Churchill as Osama and Saddam are to Bush. What is analogous is the seriousness of the situation compared to the personal abilities of the responsible political leaders.

To: Gottfried who wrote (65648)	9/10/2002 11:10:16 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

G, Back then Hitler and Stalin could only commit genocide against folks under their control. The wild card here is that some madman could be walking the streets of any country with anthrax in his bad. That makes a tin pot dictator like saddam as dangerous as the heads of two of the most powerful countries in europe prior to ww2. On the eve of 9/11, thats what glares out at me---Osamas legions with the willingness to use any weapon and Saddam, the madman who could be their supplier. No their ideologies are different but their aims could be very similar. Osama provides or will provide Saddam with what he sees as his deterrent to what he sees as US aggression. But once out of the bottle Osama cant be controlled. So even if saddams terror deterrence worked and Osama promised Saddam non-use in that case, could his word be trusted. Answer is NO imo. mike