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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Sojourner Smith who wrote (9244)2/17/2003 11:28:06 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Respond to of 25898
 
Re: One of the reasons I forgot to list that the US is going to war with Iraq is to keep Israel from [nuking Iraq].

If you knew you were about to be attacked what would you do?


That's overshooting, Mr Smith... The right question is, If you knew you were about to lose your deterrence monopoly and, consequently, your means to keep Jerusalem as your exclusive turf, what would you do?

Evidently, Sharon's answer is: I'd use any means/blackmail available to force the American 800-pound gorilla into removing the Arab challenger to my (nuclear) deterrence monopoly... I'd even retort to terrorism --preferably in association with other rogue powers (Russia) [*]-- to further my geostrategic aims... Eventually, I'd go as far as blackmailing the US with non-conventional terrorism (the anthrax scare) to bring it to compliance.

[*] Message 18436958