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To: Rob S. who wrote (161116)	2/14/2003 5:02:50 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573921

Rob, <I strongly disagree that there is a necessity to depose Saddam at this time.> The argument can be made that the longer we wait, the more likely Saddam will get his hands on a nuke. THEN we'll be deep trouble. If we are going to go in, let's do it swiftly and with full force. Or let's get the heck out of there and let our allies "contain" him. What we are seeing is the headaches of taking a middle-of-the-road stance. Tenchusatsu

To: Rob S. who wrote (161116)	2/15/2003 11:30:16 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573921

Why rush to depose Saddam? Getting rid of Saddam is critical. This will begin the stablization of the region, and contrary to popular opinion, will begin to cultivate pro-United States attitudes in the Middle East. Ultimately, this is the most important aspect of the war on terror. Secondly, this problem in Iraq is a direct result of the previous administration's choice to ignore Saddam's refusal to cooperate with weapons inspectors in '98. Clinton should have IMMEDIATELY said, "Saddam, the war was ended on the condition that weapons inspectors be given total cooperation. You've stopped cooperating, the war starts over. " And a troop buildup should have begun at that time. As a result of Clinton's having mishandled the situation, we now have a much bigger crisis than it otherwise might have been. You don't solve problems by letting them go. The sooner you solve them, the smaller they are. Iraq has gotten out of hand, but another 10 years will just make it that much worse -- for example, like happened between '94 and now in North Korea. We don't want that. We really need to get this overwith. Now.