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To: Lane3 who wrote (21210)	12/23/2003 7:38:53 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793712

This pretty well ends the Left's argument that Iraq had nothing to do with Gadifi's decision. CNN.COM Gadhafi: Iraq war may have influenced WMD decision Such weapons no longer necessary, Libyan leader says Monday, December 22, 2003 Posted: 11:04 PM EST (0404 GMT) U.N. inspectors will see "we don't have anything to hide," Libya's Moammar Gadhafi says. TRIPOLI, Libya (CNN) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, in an exclusive interview with CNN, acknowledged Monday that the war in Iraq may have played a role in his decision to dismantle his country's weapons of mass destruction programs

To: Lane3 who wrote (21210)	12/23/2003 10:04:38 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793712

I totally disagree with you about asthma, skin diseases, developmental problems, and malnutrition. And even with obesity parents are often in denial. I guess the school system might be ok with that one, but I wouldn't trust them with the others. None of these are necessarily obvious- malnutrition is not an obvious thing until it gets quite severe- and you want to arrest it before you get there. To give you one example of something not very obvious, to even a well informed parent like myself- my daughter turned out to have exercised induced asthma (who knew this existed? Not me), and I had no idea at all that she had it. None. I thought she just had a pesky case of bronchitis that wouldn't go away, and her coach at school thought she was just a malingerer and assigned her EXTRA laps. Poor baby. I'm just so glad I have the wherewithal to take her to the Dr. When something like that crops up- she's perfectly fine now on an inhaler before she exercises. You don't understand kid's illnesses at all. Parent's don't even know what they are looking for, or what normal is, kids certainly don't know. Actually grownups frequently aren't able to tell you they aren't feeling well. My dad confused his heart symptoms with digestive problems for years. He probably wouldn't have been felled by a heart attack at 63, if he'd gone to the Dr. So I don't think adults or children are very able to "tell you when they aren't feeling well", at least not on a consistent basis. One well check up a year for all children (and maybe for adults too) doesn't seem like an undue strain on this great country of ours. We could do a study, and see if it saves us money long term in acute care. Even if it cost a little more, I'd still say it was the civilized thing to do though.