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To: epicure who wrote (139365)7/8/2004 2:42:37 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
This is pretty much in line with what I said.

You'll excuse me, or not, but that is odoriferous male bovine manure.

The article I posted definitely does not support your thesis. The articles linked within the article do not support your thesis. The inferences that can be drawn from the facts do not support your thesis.....and so it goes.

But it was a nice, if a bit loopy, try.

As I said before, Saddam didn't know how to play the global game on global terms--perhaps his lack of education was a factor, who knows--and he was therefore irrational, reckless and dangerous.

Feel free to construct your own reality.



To: epicure who wrote (139365)7/8/2004 4:32:58 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
X, the NYT recently reported that Saddam, while in jail, told his captors that one of the reasons he invaded Kuwait is because he suspected a coup plot in the Army and wanted to keep the officers otherwise engaged.

This kind of reason is internally-driven, and is not very susceptible to outside winks and nods. In fact, it looks like America needed to deliver a 2x4 between the eyes to have headed off the Kuwait invasion.


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