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To: michael97123 who wrote (52379)	7/1/2004 3:15:31 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran	Respond to of 793838

Why was Iraq chosen? I think, and I repeat, I think since I do not know for sure, that Iraq was the victim because it represented the worst example of tyranny gone wild. For instance, the invasion of Kuwait, the threats against Israel, the repeated attempts to shoot down Coalition overflights during the Clinton adms and afterwards, the gassing of the Kurds, the gassing of the Shiites, hundreds of thousands of executions of its own citizens, refusal to permit UN inspections of the WMD programs, assassinations of its own who disagreed with the dictator (including members of his own extended family) Sudan has not and is not a threat to its neighboring states even though it is guilty of so-called "ethnic cleansing". Iran is more afraid of its own citizens than it is of US of A, this because "democracy" is gradually creeping in to play havoc with the mass mind and to cause the clerical dictatorship to begin to shiver in its totalitarian boots. The NK is an impoverished and increasingly impotent nation. It uses its alleged capacity to build a nuke explosive as a means of blackmail. If it can get what it wants from the West (money, food, munitions) by blackmail, then that is enough. Should this lead US to attempt to unseat their unstable and increasingly isolated leadership. No. Not yet, anyway.

To: michael97123 who wrote (52379)	7/1/2004 3:25:54 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793838

Are you prepared to live in a country that is in a perpetual state of war against the vile dictatorships that still remain? I think we are in a perpetual state of war against militant Islam. I think these fanatics are not going to go away and must be fought. I think many of these Arab countries either support or tolerate them. Do you disagree?