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To: RetiredNow who wrote (235138)	5/31/2005 8:00:54 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573564

Iraq invaded Kuwait, tried to destroy Iran, and threatened Saudi Arabia. All that was prior to 1991. Post 1991 Iraq was powerless. In addition, Saddam was one of the biggest donators to Palestinian suicide bombing, which is a direct threat to Israel. It is not a military threat to Israel. And in any case, it is not something that Israel was incapable of dealing with, by itself, unlike Kuwait in 1991. Everyone was afraid of Saddam. Turkey? No. Kuwait? No. Not in 2002. Iran? No. If everyone was afraid of Saddam, why didn't any of the neighbors, notably Turkey, support the invasion? In 1991, many of the neighbors provided troops and military bases to attack Iraq from. In 2002, regional support was conspicuous by its absence.