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To: SilentZ who wrote (163757)	3/11/2003 8:53:08 AM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573889

Zo Re...Hitler was defeated more by the harsh Russian weather than any other factor... had he defeated the USSR, or had the U.S. not entered the war when we did who knows what would've happened? Without Germany figuring out how to handle the winters, how do you figure the outcome could have been any different. It would have taken longer, but the outcome was inevitable. As far as Saddam goes, you may be right about Saddam's strength in '91, but he's more of a paper tiger at this point, I'd say. Saddam is more of a paper tiger now, only because of the sanctions, fly overs and inspections. However, the left refuses to see, that those controls have a cost, which easily over time amount to far more than a war would cost. I would also suggest that if France was paying for the costs, and absorbing the punishment, France would be just as enthusiastic as the US is for getting rid of the problem. I don't buy these numbers at all- they're sheer Arab propaganda... Iraq has managed to circumvent the sanctions in many ways, including selling oil through the Palestinian Authority. Say it isn't so, that Ramsey Clark, the god of the peaceniks, is lying to us. That is the problem with your argument. ON one hand, the left is demanding no more sanctions because of the inhumanity of it. On the other hand, the left is demanding more inspections, and controls. It is inspections and controls which caused the rise of OBL. Why continue something which everyone on both sides hate. The answer is to drop the the controls. Now you have to decide if you and the world can live with Saddam with no controls. If you can't, then get rid of him, so that you can get rid of the controls.