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To: zonder who wrote (17739)	6/17/2005 3:26:15 PM
From: Bernard Guerrero	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

I'll be happy to take over for him. :^) ******************************************************* a) Ba'athist Iraq was virulently and violently anti-American in both rhetoric and action. b) Ba'athist Iraq had massive military potential with regards to U.S. interests on the basis of population, free cash flow and geography. c) Ba'athist Iraq was capable, on a technical and resource basis (see aforementioned cash flow and reserves) of developing WMD on a less than geological time-scale, and had demonstrated proclivities in that direction previously. d) Given 9/11, we were quite aware that other virulently anti-American groups might be happy to use such a device against us directly even if Iraq proved to be reluctant. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend". e) Pressure was building from other interested states to lower the level of pressure on Ba'athist Iraq in the near term, blithely ignoring (or simply not caring about) a) through d). f) Ba'athist Iraq needed to be wiped off the map, post-haste. Think local, act global

To: zonder who wrote (17739)	6/18/2005 1:38:46 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 20773

I've been tired of the futile argument over a dead issue for a long time. Why aren't you tired of it? Do you think you can change history? Alternate history scenarios (which is what the Iraq war argument is now) are interesting as pasttimes but there is no use for arguments. I've considered for some time developing a standard reply to every launch of a re-enactment of the Iraq war argument and simply posting it. The important issues now are what to do to help Iraq get on its feet, develop a stable govt that represents its people, and eventually withdraw our troops. BTW, I will be traveling for a few weeks in some wild and wooly areas of the world where I will likely not have internet access, so hope no one expects any replies soon.