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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (153327)	12/4/2004 12:02:32 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

> Again you write as if Saddam was some kind of innocent. He was a ruthless tyrant with a desperate desire to obtain WMDs < Yes, he was ruthless and despicable, that I agree with. The rest of your statement is hogwash. Saddam had not been seeking weapons of mass destruction. CIA: Chemical and nuclear programs shut down in 1991, completely so within a few years. CIA: Bioweapons last known activity mid 90's. CIA: inspections had the regime fearful of discovery. CIA: his weapons programs and ability to threaten others continually diminishing. would tell any sane person that once the sanctions had come off Incorrect, again. Any SANE person would know that, in a post 9/11 environment, sanctions would never be lifted from Iraq until Saddam and his regime were history, however long that took. In time, its far more likely that an aging Saddam / Iraq would have gone the way of Ghaddafi and given up his regional ambitions, instead focussing inward on building a legacy.