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To: maceng2 who wrote (50722)	10/10/2002 6:36:37 AM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 281500

WMD paranoia (no matter how real) and continuous military suppression and sanctions will be a "tar baby" (if not one already) too in the ME. Who's next Syria? Lebanon?, maybe Brazil?? Slippery slope, PB. No one is arguing going after every state that has WMD. Just the aggressive ones that have a track record of using them and/or patronize terrorist organizations which could act as their proxies. The states to which those conditions apply are: Iraq, Iran, Syria. Not exactly on the "wow, I had no idea they were naughty regimes" list. Syria barely even qualifies. The destruction of businesses by sanctions will just create more terrorists too. "Your not allowed any wealth because you might build WMD with it" attitude only goes so far. As if Israel does not have any WMD. Resentment will kick in big time for sure. Business? WHAT business? You mean the state run companies? Come on PB, the Arab ME is already dirt poor. And they're dirt poor BECAUSE of their governments, not in spite of them. They are resentful BECAUSE of our support for their governments, not from lack of it. I've made my position clear here prior as to what I believe our policies should be to rectify that condition. It certainly doesn't consist of sitting on our hands and going through the same old, time tested, FAILED motions re: Palestine. Derek