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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (46008)	9/22/2002 1:04:35 AM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Just TO Finish Off Here Nadine : Just Back from a break. “ When the US talks, people listen, and I think our current allies -- Israel, Turkey, Jordan, Kuwait, Qattar, and yes even SA, would still be with us “. In that theater under that hypothetical I laid out – maybe – maybe not.Only one an oil producer ( except SA) and the rest of the world making its own preparations. “ Then hey presto, it turned out we were serious, suddenly we had troops and allies everywhere, and even SA lets us use our bases “ All under the auspices of the UN right now. “ Very noble minded of them, to risk our anger for the sake of supporting the UN. “ They just did that. “ We are seriously throwing our weight around in the Gulf. “ Indeed. “ If we don't, Saddam will. And I tell you, the number of countries who would rather have us be master than Saddam is quite large, though most of them are still denying it publicly. But that's only to be expected. “ Chickenhawks give Iraq far more respect militarily than it deserves today.It has practically no air force, which means it is contained to defend itself from a small inner base.It has few missiles, if any that work, and the new interceptors can negate 30 to 40 % of those.Those that can get though have low payload munitions and low accuracy points.Saddam's days of rumbling through the dessert threatening all around him are through. I wouldn’t doubt it but SA itself could kick Saddam’s butt these days if attacked. And one more thing before I finish here tonight : I saw an interview from the American team that just got back from Iraq.Their message ? Yes, the majority of people of Baghdad would like to see Saddam gone. NO, they don’t want an outside party to remove him and replace him with what they may not want. Kind of like “ better the devil you know than the one you don’t “ scenario. Makes sense to me, but then again, I believe in the UN <GG> L8TR - Peace