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To: Ilaine who wrote (81232)	3/11/2003 2:42:38 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<In what, if any, significant way has US policy towards Iraq been inconsistent over, say, the past 15 years?> Inconsistencies: 1. just before Iraq1, our ambassador told Saddam that we would not interfere in any intra-Arab conflicts. He mis-interpreted this as a green light to grab Kuwait; we were giving him very mixed signals. The ambassador fell on her sword over this, but she was not the decision-maker. 2. looking the other way, while Saddam made and used chemical weapons, and only getting holier-than-thou, after he stopped attacking our enemy (Iran), and started attacking our ally (Kuwait). If WMD are bad, they are equally bad whether used against our enemies or our friends. 3. ditto about his nuclear program. 4. showering the Shiites with leaflets telling them to rise up and overthrow Saddam, and then letting his helicopter gunships massacre them. 5. ditto for the Kurds. 6. saying that the UN only has legitimacy if they support us. 7. saying that we are the champions of democracy, and then, while trying to assemble a War Coalition against Iraq, trying our best to get every government in the region to do things that 90% of their people are against. We give lip service to Democracy, but do our best to de-legitimize and overturn any vote or expression of popular dissent that goes against us. 8. Alternating back and forth, between a policy of Regime Change, a policy of Deter/Contain, and a policy of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".