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To: epicure who wrote (214620)	1/25/2007 11:43:24 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"If Bill Clinton did not understand that, then he did not understand Saddam, imo." Lay the wealth of the world at my feet, remove sanctions, leave my power over Iraq in place and I can show you the most powerful nation on Earth in one generation. If a peace freak like me can figure that out, what in your wildest dreams do you think would keep Saddam from thinking it, doing it? Saddam "God is on our side, and Satan is on the side of the United States." Saddam Hussein on 9/11 "If the attacks of September 11 cost the lives of 3,000 civilians, how much will the size of losses in 50 states within 100 cities if it were attacked in the same way in which New York and Washington were? What would happen if hundreds of planes attacked American cities?" (On the first anniversary of September 11th) Bill Clinton ""We must exercise responsibility not just at home, but around the world. On the eve of a new century, we have the power and the duty to build a new era of peace and security. We must combat an unholy axis of new threats from terrorists, international criminals, and drug traffickers. These 21st century predators feed on technology and the free flow of information... And they will be all the more lethal if weapons of mass destruction fall into their hands. Together, we must confront the new hazards of chemical and biological weapons and the outlaw states, terrorists, and organized criminals seeking to acquire them. Saddam Hussein has spent the better part of this decade and much of his nation's wealth not on providing for the Iraqi people but on developing nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them." President Clinton State of the Union address January 27, 1998