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To: GST who wrote (110768)	8/9/2003 8:02:02 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

<<...A point is close to being reached where it will be the Americans themselves who discover that they, and their own nation, have been politically hijacked into an global imperial enterprise...>> Message 18492785

To: GST who wrote (110768)	8/9/2003 10:55:31 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Post-91, Saddam was too weak to pose a threat to oil supplies. Yes, the loss of personnel and equipment in Kuwait, the UN arms sanctions, etc. clearly reduced Saddam's military abilities from what they had been pre-91. But to say that Saddam was too weak to pose a threat - you're making a military assessment there - solely on the grounds that it supports your position on the war. So I guess you're saying the UN and the Clinton administration didn't need to be concerned by Iraqi troop movements toward the Kuwait border in 1994?