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To: E. T. who wrote (69354)	4/7/2003 4:48:46 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

> How come the world is having such a hard time calling a spade a spade with Saddam, the mass murderer. Because while they agree that he is a brutal dictator and a genuine slimeball, they see the way US went after him as even bigger threat. This is analogous to the court throwing out the case against a known drug dealer because the police dragged out the confession by torture. There are two things that Bush did not do (and still is not doing) which were the problem. The first is that Bush did not present a viable case for why Saddam must be removed so quickly. Saddam has been in Iraq for almost 30 years and a few more months to prove the case would not have mattered. The second is that the NeoCons showed nothing but contempt for international law and multilaterality. Their aim was more to discredit international bodies (which are far from perfect) than to fix them. There is nothing in their agenda that calls for development of international law. They feel given our strengths, the law of the jungle is in our best interests. Have I answered your question? ST