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To: Ilaine who wrote (48583)	10/1/2002 4:12:33 PM
From: spiral3	Respond to of 281500

how on earth do you expect me to know that.

To: Ilaine who wrote (48583)	10/1/2002 4:16:43 PM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

More Quotes From The Fish Guy. <G> [side note: CB-Is it OK for this fellow to change his mind?] (in the interest of continuity of course) heh heh >>Then there's Kenneth Pollack, Bill Clinton's national security adviser for the Persian Gulf. He used to advocate containment, but he's changed his mind. "[Saddam's] not purposefully suicidal," he said a few days ago. "He's unintentionally suicidal. We've seen that repeatedly. He's by nature aggressive, risk taking, a constant miscalculator. He's also an incurable optimist, assuming that no matter what the situation he will come up with a scenario that will work." And what does Saddam want? "Control of the gulf," Mr. Pollack said. "At some point, he may want to invade Jordan, Kuwait, believing that his nuclear weapons will deter the United States from intervening because we will not want to risk his using them. With nuclear capability, he will feel emboldened that he can use force again regionally."<< globeandmail.com

To: Ilaine who wrote (48583)	10/1/2002 4:20:51 PM
From: spiral3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The reason most of the time most of us don't react to the "it's all about oil" argument is that we're tired of it. this is a perceptual flaw if you cannot give import to the most important variables, not only your triangulation, but also your bias will be off Why does he shelter and nurture terrorists that try to kill off his best customers? Why does he run a totalitarian state? suggest you ask him welcome to the new world order

To: Ilaine who wrote (48583)	10/1/2002 6:05:40 PM
From: spiral3	Respond to of 281500

actually, come to think of it Tell me what it is that I have refused to see, please. Why does he shelter and nurture terrorists that try to kill off his best customers? Why does he run a totalitarian state? the closest that I've found is this: A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reforms. It does not haggle over expenditures on armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain. Anatole France (1844-1924), pen name of Jacques Anatole François Thibault. believe it or not