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To: KLP who wrote (151584)	12/17/2005 11:04:45 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793559

Sure, other countries will throw their weight in the right direction, just as they did against the Taleban and Osama. For example, Japan won't want China taking over Taiwan by brute force. Neither will South Korea. Nor Australia. Nor a lot of others. The USA won't want to have Taiwan just gobbled up. The Europeans are unlikely to care, though Britain is likely to see it as a retrograde step. It wouldn't worry me if the USA was isolationist. I don't think they'll do that though. They have too much fun zooming around the world as Team America, fighting evil-doers. <Maybe some think that if the US gets nuked, it won't affect them. I would suggest those that think that, might re-think that idea. They and their country will be toast as well.> How's that? Suppose Saddam did have a nuke, and managed to get it into Noo Yawk in a container full of opium as a decoy to the customs officers on the take. Say Noo Yawk got blown up. Why would that mean every other country on Earth would also be toast? I can't see how that would benefit the average, or any, American. Okay, there would be some Americans who would benefit, but not many. Suppose they turned the whole of the middle east into sand, they could then occupy it and help themselves to the oil, which would be profitable for those involved. But it wouldn't result in cheaper oil to the garden-variety SUV driver. Mqurice