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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (67386)	1/23/2003 8:30:24 PM
From: Fred Levine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

I, also, am reluctant to invade and am satisfied with the inspectors rendering Saddam harmless. However, I want him and others to be accountable for crimes against humanity. (That may include Alexander--I'll have to read more about him). At first I did want a safe haven for him, but now I want charges brought against him. I suspect they were, but are obviously not being enforced or publicized. There is another issue that I agonize with. Several mideast specialists, Bernard Lewis and Tom Friedman among others, point out that force is respected in the Arab world. One well-connected Arab friend agrees this is, "unfortunately true." (The friend's wife was from the Syrian town , Hama, that Assad leveled). The unilateral withdrawal of Israel from Lebanon was interpreted as an act of weakness. The lack of military response to the '93 WTC bombing was similarly viewed. We are then trying to balance strength with peace. The friend's wife's grandfather was the President of Syria (sorry, for repeating), and she understood that Hama was the seat of resistance to Assad, therefore making his actions understandable. Friedman wrote a chapter on this. The words, "unforturtunately true," send shivers down my spine. fred