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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (66333)	9/29/2002 11:41:35 AM
From: Gary Ng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Re: The best approach, as I said before, would be for us to "acquire" the right of retaliation (self defense) the Israeli still have for the unanswered 39 scud missiles lobbed at it by Saddam during the last conflict Like trading the CO2 emission quota ? That is an interesting idea. May be CBOE can introduce a new product to trade these 'right of retaliation' :-)

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (66333)	9/29/2002 1:36:54 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 70976

.1% of the cost saving would be a bargain IF you also accept the liability if you are wrong. Cource you'd need the assets of the 100 richest people in the world to pay off that liability.

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (66333)	9/30/2002 3:41:24 AM
From: Math Junkie	Respond to of 70976

Zeev, I hope you will consider "donating" your ten good ideas for approaching the Iragi problem. Here are the President and Vice President's email addresses: mailto:president@whitehouse.gov mailto:vice.president@whitehouse.gov Here is the email address of Senator Joseph Biden, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: mailto:Senator@Biden.Senate.gov Senator Kennedy has shown a willingness to buck the tide, so it might be worthwile including him on the distribution: mailto:senator@kennedy.senate.gov

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (66333)	9/30/2002 8:17:42 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Zeev, The only reason i can think of not to move now is the possibility that with a larger coalition later, we can force saddam to accept terms and/or retire, both seemingly unlikely conclusions. I dont believe containment/deterrence/balance of terror can work over time with a leader who is a cross between Benito Mussolini and Al Capone. Somewhere he blunders into war and when he goes down he will use all his toys. Israel recognized this fact and did not wait for that reactor to be in place before they took it out. Even with the Russians, c/d/bt wasnt always what it was cracked up to be. But both sides with the ability to destroy each other eventually was realized in 1962. So should we elevate iraq to that position as equal? I dont think so. Every tin horn despot will move in that direction. To me its just a question of how and when he will be removed. If one reads Teddy Kennedys speech carefully, he says the same thing. Have inspections. Give allies particularly mideast allies some cover. Then surrender by another name, forced retirement for saddam with severence. Hell Saddam and the enron boys can all go to the same desert island. mike