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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (1888)	9/13/2002 3:38:29 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3959

Eurasia's sting to keep the Arab juggernaut permanently toothless: #1 -- Offer nuclear technology/know-how to the targeted Arab country; #2 -- Start the building of nuclear facilities in the aforesaid Arab country and cash in the proceeds (usually in the multi-billion dollar range); #3 -- Stir it up between the US/Israel and the wannabe nuclear (Arab) power; #4 -- Posture as a staunch ally of the Arab bogeyman, displaying idle threats against the US --while hinting at a possible compromise via the UN. Keep squeezing additional billions of $ out the Arab country; #5 -- When the US and Israel get really mad about the whole mess, trump them all with your "joker card": the UN face-saver; #6 -- Let the US carpet-bomb the Arab sucker and destroy each and every nuclear facility/laboratory. Bottom line: you successfully screwed the wannabe Arab power, you keep all the money from the nuclear deals, whereas the Arab country is pushed back to square one! Brilliant, isn't it? Gus

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (1888)	9/13/2002 3:40:01 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 3959

CLINTON Dismisses Dubya as a Twat, er, Twit...... Message 17986186

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (1888)	9/13/2002 4:01:45 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

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