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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (60666)	10/2/2002 1:29:42 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

What about US and OUR WMD programs? Seems a bit hypocritical if we are going to say ONLY we get to have them. Sounds great if you live here but generously speaking we are 3% of the global population.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (60666)	10/2/2002 2:42:59 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Israel has a nuclear capability, but clearly does not brandish it as a means of expansion, but reserves it for self- defense in extremis. India and Pakistan only threaten one another, and that over Kashmir, they do not appear to have greater ambitions or to be a threat to us. China has shown that it can behave responsibly for a long time. Saddam has used poison gas on the Kurds; has not only behaved aggressively with Kuwait, but threatened the rest of Arabia; is committed to a second Holocaust in Israel; is deeply hostile towards the United States, because it is the status quo power, and he seeks hegemony in the Arab world; has ties to various terrorist groups, and links to other rogue nations, like North Korea; and so forth. The devil is in the details........