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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (112822)	8/26/2003 2:12:23 AM
From: Sig	Respond to of 281500

With your superb understanding of the Iraqi personality, be they Kurd, Sunni, Bathist or Clerics( gleaned no doubt by reading hundreds of FADG postings from people of a similar political bent), I am convinced that you belong in Iraq itself, acting as go- between betwen the Iraqis and the UN (those that are left) Telling them what they are doing right or wrong, what will work and what wont. It should be safer now. I have looked thru Reuters news and AP news and cannot find any US combat casualties since a week ago. True, one soldier drowned in a river and one is in the hospital for an unstated reason. Much more hazardous elsewhere, 46 casualties and 150 wounded in India, 5000 heat related deaths in France, 20 Russians lost in a plane crash, 6 Germans lost in a plane crash , 20 Israelis and many wounded in a bus bombing, 20 Brasilians lost in a rocket explosian. Damn world isnt safe any more. 40000 deaths and 4,000,0000 injuries in car crashes in the US alone. We got to get those troops back home where its safe - somebody liable to get hurt over there.Next thing you know there will be as many troops lost in that war as were on board one of our hijacked airplanes. Sig

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (112822)	8/26/2003 6:39:20 AM
From: quehubo	Respond to of 281500

<<Do you have a problem with the US sharing decision-making and power with the other liberal capitalist democracies of the world? >> Yes, China, France, Russia, Germany, Syria, Libya, are examples countries whose interests at times may be in conflict with ours. I prefer the present arrangement, when we can agree we work together, but when we do not agree we part amicably and go with others who will work with us. Holding Iraq to the terms of the Gulf war ceasefire is a perfect example of why we cannot rely completely on multilateral decisions. To many countries were violating the terms of the sanctions.