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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (71095)	2/2/2003 11:37:10 PM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The reason we're going after Saddam is because his WHOLE government is a criminal institution that threatens regional and global peace. How many Iraqi government officials do you think we'll have to collateralize to effect a change? Do we know which ones exactly will need to go?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (71095)	2/3/2003 12:44:01 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Pakistan's problems, on the other hand, lie in subversive political and militant factions trying to destroy what democracy still remains there... There totalitarianism is trying to replace democracy. Excuse me for pointing this out, but Pakistan is not a democracy, neither is it moving toward democracy. What movement is taking place is more in the opposite direction. Pakistan is not a reliable ally against terrorism. The police and security services are riddled with Islamist sympathizers and largely inutile. Musharraf and his inner circle would like to be reliable allies, I think - the Islamists are also a threat to them - but their control is limited. We have little choice but to deal with the Pakistani government, but let's not pretend that they are something they aren't. The same might be said of Saudi Arabia.