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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (160750)	2/12/2003 4:51:07 PM
From: brian1501	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575422

Here's another one from the same person: "This is a crisis of Saddam's making. It can be unmade only when he can no longer threaten the international community with weapons of mass destruction." Here's another one from one of his cronies: "He [Saddam] has started two wars. He has invaded a country next door. He is a repeat offender, and he is the kind of a rogue state leader that is a threat not only to his neighborhood, but because he has possessed and would like to possess more weapons of mass destruction, he is a threat to our national security . . . And given the stakes, especially with weapons of mass destruction, the world cannot afford to let Saddam try again. That's why what we are doing is so important." Brian

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (160750)	2/12/2003 4:58:47 PM
From: brian1501	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1575422

And an even better one: "The United States remains resolved and ready to secure by whatever means necessary Iraq's full compliance with its commitment to destroy its weapons of mass destruction . . . I believe that if it [Iraq] does not keep its word this time, everyone would understand that then the United States and hopefully all of our allies would have the unilateral right to respond at a time, place and manner of our own choosing." That was said on February 23, 1998. So 5 years later Hussein still has his WMD and still is playing games, yet now that the leader is different the left doesn't believe we have a right to respond in a place and manner of our own choosing. Brian

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (160750)	2/12/2003 5:56:37 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575422

By the way, Ted, can you guess who said the following words, and when? What if he [Saddam] fails to comply, and we fail to act, or we take some ambiguous third route which gives him yet more opportunities to develop this program of weapons of mass destruction and continue to press for the release of the sanctions and continue to ignore the solemn commitments that he made? Well, he will conclude that the international community has lost its will. He will then conclude that he can go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal of devastating destruction. And some day, some way, I guarantee you, he'll use the arsenal. And I think every one of you who's really worked on this for any length of time believes that, too. I don't care who said it. I don't see why there isn't a middle ground between leaving him to his own devises and going to war. ted