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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (185261)	4/16/2006 11:57:33 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<Was that war "worth it"?> I don't know about the Korean war. Maybe it was worth it. I guess so if we compare South Korean and North Korean life, and it was certainly good for QUALCOMM that South Korea was able to choose CDMA. I suppose the USSR and China were trying to get coast to coast full spectrum dominance after WWII and it was not a matter of having much choice = either surrender to USSR/China/Kil Il Sung monstering, or stop them. South Korea has enjoyed half a century of decent life prospects as a result and the USA has enjoyed a LOT of trade and regional stability as a result of confronting them then. I think the current Islamic Jihad threat is comparably dangerous, though without the general atomic warfare risk. I've thought that long before the USA got serious about Islamic Jihad as a threat. For a long time, USSR and Russia were considered the real threat with Osama and Chechens being supported against them. As you point out, the casualties in the Iraq war, as wars go, have been very light all around. Not surprising since it was just the Cow vs Iraq which didn't have much support from contiguous big power supporters. Mqurice