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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (48134)9/29/2002 10:23:44 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
I am in my seventies, and I have relatively little fear of death.

Definitely a realistic scenario (except detonating a bomb in Nevada which would pretty much force our hand)...

Saddam may be getting old, but he has an entire family and clan who wish to live on and enjoy their priviledges.

This is part of the problem with exile, since his clan can't realistically remain in Takrit without some safeguards for their safety.

But it's not an insurmountable problem...

But dropping a nuke on the US cannot help but kill or irradiate Americans with the fallout.

Hawk