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To: tejek who wrote (161066)	2/14/2003 2:27:15 PM
From: jjayxxxx	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574685

I agree that they are in material breach; however I don't believe the breaches to date justify going to war. A breach has to materially the well being of this country for me to think war is justified.... a nuclear warhead mounted on a long distance missile is one example. Thanks, much clearer. However, if you agree that Iraq has not willingly given up their WMD's nor disclosure of their plans to build more, why do you have to see a nuclear warhead mounted on a long distance missile? Do you think Iraq would show us that prior to the time they could actually blackmail us with it? My point is, you agree they're in material breach. That means you understand they not only have WMDs, they are intentionally hiding them, and given that fact, they are likely continuing to develop them. Doesn't this concern you, even a little? Did you hear Tariq Aziz today in Italy? When asked questions by reporters of various nations he answered as best he could. But when asked a Q by an Israeli reporter he refused to answer an Israeli question. Not that this is an issue of protecting Israel, but is it so hard to make the leap that Iraq would use WMD against Israel without a second thought? By the way, containment isn't an option. I heard someone talking about all of the smuggling going on over both the Jordan border and the Turkey border. I'm sure most of it has to do with oil-food etc, etc, but how hard would it be to send a few vials of [insert bio WMD here] across the border? That doesn't concern you? You don't think Iraq wouldn't jump at the chance to watch us get hammered, regardless of who actually delivers the hammer? I guess it just goes to a fundamentally different philosophy. I am conservative, hence, I err on the conservative side of preserving our security. I guess it is the engineer in me (factor of safety can't be high enough!). <g> JJ