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To: FaultLine who wrote (95320)	4/21/2003 1:57:20 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Safire, New York Times. Follow the Money >>> Colin Powell apparently believes that Chirac's new fondness for sanctions could tie up Iraqi oil production with litigation for years. His advice to President Bush is to pay the ransom but nibble away at the sanctions with limited resolutions. I think we should confront the extortion scheme head on and let Chirac use his veto to isolate France further<<< nytimes.com

To: FaultLine who wrote (95320)	4/21/2003 2:32:42 AM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Their primary upside is the wide area coverage. They're not the only wide area munition we inventory, though. More importantly, it'd be more accurate to say that our principle objection is not cluster bombs — it's the cluster duds. That empty field 10 miles from a civilian area is going to be a neighborhood in 5 years. We can accomplish similar military objectives and increase our "foreign capital" by discontinuing their use and their sale to other countries. What's the compelling reason to keep making CBU-87/Bs? "I think they are an important weapon with an overall positive upside."