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To: elmatador who wrote (27752)	1/24/2003 9:42:29 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

Re: The US loved Saddam Hussein when he was fighting Iran. Why the change? The overweening U.S. tactic in the region is destablization. The strategic U.S. foreign policy goal is to prevent the rise of regional superpower such as the Ottoman Empire was a couple centuries ago. The U.S. attempts to play the regional powers off against each other, hopefully selling arms to both sides and weakening them both. Just as a cat plays with a mouse for its amusement, the U.S. plays with Saddam, keeping his regime alive in order to counterbalance the Syrians, Turks and Iranians. But savaging his forces so that he can never gain the ascendancy in the region. It's all about balance. Keeping all the competitors in a weakened state so the U.S. can dominate the region. In this regard, the U.S. and Israel have a symbiotic relationship, with each partner perpetually frustrating the rise of an Arab empire.