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To: tejek who wrote (173013)	8/1/2003 7:16:18 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1573418

"It means they couldn't know that they where not still in existence." Yes, and that's why we sent them back in. They didn't know after they had been in for years. They might never have known. Also they only got back in because the US had an immediate threat of massive force in the area. That level of force would probably not have stayed their indefinitly. Where were they to get the money to do all the refurbishing work required? Iraq had billions. And if things get a bit tight well then a few more Iraqis from some group that Saddam doesn't care for anyway don't get their food rations for awhile... If what you say is true, who would they threaten with those weapons? Certainly not the continguous US Why not? And notjust "not", but "certainly not"? See the link below: ccc.nps.navy.mil From the conclusion at that link - " As the United States fleshes out its ideas of pre-emption and conventional counterforce targeting as a way to address WMD proliferation, it would do well to examine the case of Iraq. In Iraq, conventional counterforce strikes delayed and complicated Saddam's efforts to develop and maintain WMD capabilities, but it neither disarmed the regime nor did it eliminate the threat. In Iraq, at least, sustained conventional counterforce strikes over the better part of a decade have not -- even in conjunction with an on-site arms control regime -- prevented Iraq from maintaining its proscribed programs. During the 1990s, Iraq's WMD capabilities -- composed of knowledge, production equipment, facilities and actual weapons -- proved to be impossible to destroy by force. While the United States succeeded in destroying various physical sites during its many attacks spanning the decade, Iraq's WMD programs still are apparently alive and well." Ridiculous........you can pretend otherwise, but you know damn well why he wanted that info. No I don't Ted and neither do you. to have a significant armament capability that could threaten the US would require billions. and Iraq had billions. We've recovered hundreds of millions in cash, and that's just the money that Saddam and co. didn't get away with, successfully hide, or destroy. Then there is all of the oil wealth. Most of the oil sold was sold as part of the food for oil program but not all of it. Iraq sold enough oil to generate billions of dollars of income outside the program. Tim