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To: Neocon who wrote (3079)	2/3/2003 4:01:46 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

Yes, I think that they will be turned over to Iraqi management. We'll see. I would like to believe you are right, but all I have seen so far in business suggests that where there are huge profits to be made, corporations tend to hold on. Iraq has nothing to fear from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Jordan, or, very likely, even Syria The feeling is mutual. They are not afraid of Iraq, either. You, of course, ignore the ideological factor What ideological factor? That Iraq is a secular military dictatorship that has not shown aggressive tendencies towards its neighbours in a long time, and who is now so weak that the "threat" it poses is laughable? "We don't like him [Hussein], we want him to go, but we cannot help you openly." Yes, so? "Preemptive attack" is appropriate to the situation, a situation of exigency in regard to the build up of WMDs by rogue regimes. Assuming, of course, that there IS such a "build up". I am interested to hear what proof Bush will show this week. Let's talk then...