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To: sea_urchin who wrote (16689)	12/27/2002 2:23:31 PM
From: Alan Whirlwind	Respond to of 82308

As you know Searle, reading between the lines is a necessary skill in any country when deciphering the news.

To: sea_urchin who wrote (16689)	12/30/2002 2:41:01 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 82308

Talking about morality, I defy anyone to explain the US position unless, of course, it's based on one word --- expediency, for whatever reason. washingtonpost.com >>>Among the people instrumental in tilting U.S. policy toward Baghdad during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war was Donald H. Rumsfeld, now defense secretary, whose December 1983 meeting with Hussein as a special presidential envoy paved the way for normalization of U.S.-Iraqi relations. Declassified documents show that Rumsfeld traveled to Baghdad at a time when Iraq was using chemical weapons on an "almost daily" basis in defiance of international conventions. <<< washingtonpost.com >>>Iraq accused the United States of double standards Monday, contrasting the U.S. military buildup in the Gulf with Washington's decision to use diplomacy to try to settle a nuclear arms crisis in North Korea. The Al-Thawra official newspaper, mouthpiece of President Saddam Hussein's ruling Baath Party, said it was unfair that Washington was preparing to go to war with Iraq which was cooperating with U.N. arms inspectors, but seeking a peaceful solution in North Korea, which had just expelled them.<<<