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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1020)	12/26/2002 11:30:15 PM
From: kumar	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 15987

<dominate the lives of millions of young muslims> Please substantiate that with irrefutable data. Theres about 1.3B people in the world that practice the islamic faith.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1020)	12/26/2002 11:52:05 PM
From: Rollcast...	Respond to of 15987

"There could be an angle for the Syrians to attempt to merge the two countries together should Saddam step down.. It may sound farfetched, but I don't discount anything as a possibility." Not that farfetched, both Baathist regimes and have read of long standing Tikrit ties to clans in Syria. Peace for the region would have no chance if it happened... nothing would change - it would just be hidden better by Assad. If events began to unfold in that direction... Saddam dies/flees, the sons do the same, and some new nameless Baathist shows up in power I think the US would have to assume Hussein was still pulling the strings (even if it was Syria).It would be a mistake not to go in in either case. I believe Wolfowitz et al are on track with this policy. We need a dynamic shift in the ME, starting with democracy in Iraq and the potential fallout it may have thruout the region. No shift and we may just be dealing with a real world war in 1 or 2 decades.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1020)	12/27/2002 3:23:01 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

<muslims as they struggle against all hope to hack out a better life for themselves > Hawk, would you please not use "hack" in such a way. Part of the problem with a majority of the world's people [including in the USA and NZ] is that they think a better life is taken, not earned. They think that wealth is found [or have no idea how wealth is created or what it is]. Hacking is not the way to get a better life. Mqurice [I realize you did not literally mean 'hack' - it just stuck out and might be misinterpreted as encouragement for Head-Hacking, which is already way too popular in Moslem culture - Madame DeFarge will have her world record overtaken soon].