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To: Bilow who wrote (108528)	7/28/2003 3:20:13 PM
From: Chas.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Bilow, the reason Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, Kuwait, Iran, others backed us and helped us on the Saddam removal is that they knew it was only a matter of time before Saddam came after them with a nuclear weapon as leverage, the Arab leaders considered USA as the lesser of two evils but a necessary evil.

To: Bilow who wrote (108528)	7/28/2003 8:28:20 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The default course of action would have been to do "nothing", That's what I figure too. As far as something happening, there are plenty of brutal dictators who have died of old age (Mao, Stalin, Ho Chi Minh, looking ahead - Castro) and even some who have handed over power successfully to the next generation - like Kim Jong-Il for example. The extent to which Iraq was "a US ally" is greatly exaggerated. Iraq's was armed and it's military trained by Russia, France, and China, who have been it's most important allies for decades. The most militarily significant thing we gave Saddam during the I-I war was intelligence, I believe. You know perfectly that at that time Iran seemed like the greater danger and that otherwise we wouldn't have had that little to do with him.

To: Bilow who wrote (108528)	7/28/2003 8:35:34 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The default course of action would have been to do "nothing", that is, maybe someday end sanctions, but to continue inspections. Eventually something would happen to Saddam, just like something happened to so many other dictators. I guess the name Qusai would not enter into this scenario (obviously not now.. :0) Saddam had his line of succession all worked out.. Do you think he was going to leave his wife and daughters to the "tender mercies" of his rivals and enemies? Hawk