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To: cosmicforce who wrote (4641)	2/19/2003 5:46:18 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 7720

What is likely and what is wise, should be the same thing. I'm not sure what you mean by that in the context of what I said. I said it was likely that the amount of suffering caused by an invasion would be less then the suffering caused by the lack of one. That Saddam + sanctions would cause more suffering then the invasion. Karen pointed out the other repercussions around the world have to be considered as well. I responded that it was likely that death and suffering overall would still decrease if Saddam is removed. I would look at it as suffering being reduced in Iraq by removing Saddam and the sanctions balancing off the increase caused by the war, and the reduction of a threat to the region and the US and its interests by Saddam having WMD including eventually having nukes balancing off what Karen called "worldwide repercussions from the invasion, unintended consequences". Your statement makes more sense if you though I was saying war was likely. Tim