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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (81311)	3/11/2003 4:14:22 PM
From: paul_philp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Sun Tzu, You justed veered off into conspiracy theory territory. more than a few times by X-State dep. gurus on CNN) that US wanted Saddam to attack Kuwait so as to have good excuse to distroy his military machine. Past the Glaspie incident can you back this up? I guess Ken Pollack is part of the conspiracy too or just a stupid dupe of the conspiracy. You were making some very good arguments. I hope you return to them. Paul

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (81311)	3/11/2003 4:19:44 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I do recommend listening to at least a half hour or so of Glaspie's testimony. She appears to have good insight into Saddam's mindset. c-span.org cspanrm.fplive.net:554/ramgen/cspan/jdrive/iraq032191_glaspie.rm?mode=compact She testifies that he is surrounded by sycophants who tell him only what he wants to hear. Many have related how he was living in a dream world prior to Gulf War I, e.g., this recent op-ed by Alcibíades Hidalgo, Cuban first vice minister of foreign relations and permanent representative to the United Nations. washingtonpost.com His grip on reality isn't likely to be any firmer now, and probably is as tenuous as Michael Jackson's. Oh, for an Iraqi version of Beria wielding warfarin, a blood thinner, which appears to have been the end of Stalin. Jacob Snyder could prescribe it, but who would administer it?

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (81311)	3/11/2003 6:02:41 PM
From: Steeny	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"US wanted Saddam to attack Kuwait so as to have good excuse to destroy his military machine" This theory does not really fit with the generally accepted notion that we wanted Iraq as a counterweight to our true enemy at the time, Iran.

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (81311)	3/11/2003 6:09:58 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

There is a theory (and at the time it was aired more than a few times by X-State dep. gurus on CNN) that US wanted Saddam to attack Kuwait so as to have good excuse to distroy his military machine. I watched a lot of CNN in those days and I never heard such nonsense. I think you have been reading to many "Conspiracy Theory" URLs, ST. Are you writing this as a script for Oliver Stone? When you make charges like this against the Government you need to source them or not post them. Saying "I heard it on TV" is not a source.