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To: zonder who wrote (3517)	2/7/2003 10:34:00 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

evidence of Iraqi military tactics in 1991 shows that the survival of the regime is the core policy and that chemical and biological weapons are almost certain to be used, certainly against attacking troops and possibly against targets in neighbouring countries; severe casualties arising to Iraqi use of chemical and biological weapons could result in a nuclear response - the first use of nuclear weapons since August 1945. I take it you read Mr. Roger's paper all the way through, right?? Then you probably recognized that all he did was outline consequences, NOT ALTERNATIVES (leaving that onus on the policy makers)... Secondly, Mr. Rogers seems to tacitly acknowledge that Saddam has Chem/Bio weapons and plans on using them against US forces. Which begs the question as to how Saddam can use something that he claims he doesn't have. And it also begs the question as whether the "peaceniks" are lying through their teeth (Ritter.. etc) when it comes to claiming that the US has to justification for trying to invade Iraq. They essentially KNOW that Saddam has weapons, but they are unwilling to confront Saddam now (if ever) because they are worried about the human cost of doing so... Which leads folks like me to believe that with this implicit acknowlegement that Saddam possesses weapons the UN has ordered him to destroy and never possess again, the peaceniks will never be willing to enforce their own binding resolutions... Not now.. and certainly not later when Saddam announces he now has nuclear weapons... Which tells me that not confronting Saddam now will guarantee that he "raises the bar" with regard to CONFRONTING THE WORLD... being given an "inch" and taking a mile because he knows he can get away with it... Which tells me that these peaceniks are really people who in the pursuit of saving a few lives now, will guarantee the sacrifice of MILLIONS years from now when Saddam is too power to confront without a major sacrifice... Bottom line... it's Munich all over again... Hawk