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To: Ilaine who wrote (45878)	9/21/2002 1:44:10 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Ho ho. That's classic. Doubt very much that agreement was put into writing and signed by all parties concerned after they carefully reviewed the terms to make sure they were satisfactory to all. The US sure didn't sign off on it, and neither did the rest of the Security Council. I read that the Bush administration is also highly annoyed with Kofi Annan for blessing Saddam's weasel-worded letter as an 'agreement'. I can just hear some of the Bush camp muttering, 'so, Kofi, you thought we were bluffing when we compared the UN to the League of Nations? you'll find out soon enough' Andrew Sullivan notes that Saddam accused the US of doing the bidding of "International Zionism" in the letter, but this level of anti-Semitism has become so routine that no one even noticed: I'm mystified why more hasn't been made of Saddam's assertion in his letter to the United Nations of the global threat of world Jewry. Here's the key passage: In targeting Iraq, the United States administration is acting on behalf of Zionism, which has been killing the heroic people of Palestine, destroying their property, murdering their children and seeking to impose their domination on the whole world, not only militarily, but also economically and politically. Like the rest of the letter, this part is barely literate but its meaning is clear. Saddam is claiming that the U.S. is a tool of Zionist forces that are trying to take over the whole world! This isn't like Hitler. It is Hitler. When a figure like this simply echoes Nazi language, why isn't there universal shock and derision? Why isn't that the headline? Or have we become completely inured to the fact that the 1930s are alive and well and centered in Baghdad and the West Bank?

To: Ilaine who wrote (45878)	9/22/2002 2:04:42 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 281500

I keep wondering if Saddam is stupid enough to give Bush justification for war that almost nobody will deny. Looks like Saddam is willing to "make his day." ("Do you feel lucky, punk? Well, do you?") He must have thought he could weasel away again by immediately "caving" and waiting for the rest of the planet to fall back to sleep during the "negotiations" on how the inspectors will do their jobs. I dare say it nearly worked. But the Administration has done a good job of keeping the issue on the burner, and SH might still be backed into a corner. Derek