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To: epicure who wrote (219280)	2/18/2007 6:19:39 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

My assumption would be not to start a war unless I am damn sure of my information. When in doubt, don't start a war. That's pretty much my assumption. I'm old school - I like to see a casus belli. So you would wait until Saddam had nukes for sure? There is a definite cost involved with that strategy too, you know.

To: epicure who wrote (219280)	2/19/2007 1:36:40 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

My assumption would be not to start a war unless I am damn sure of my information. When in doubt, don't start a war. That's pretty much my assumption. I'm old school - I like to see a casus belli. Saddam Hussein was an oppressive dictator hated by most of the Iraqi population. He was sitting on the largest oil reserve in the world and preventing it from getting extracted because of the instability in his country, and because the world doesn't want to hand over the resultant cash booty to an oppressive dictator. He supported Palestinian suicide bombers and was a major obstacle to development of the Arab world. His removal is a good thing for the Arabs, good for the Israelis, and good for the rest of the people on the planet. He had been ordered around by the UN for 10 years, and failed to comply with their demands. So the US destroyed him. What facts beyond those do you want? Who gives a flying hoot whether he bought yellow or chocolate cakes from Niger. He was bad for his country's people, bad for Iraq's neighbors, and bad for the people of the planet who want to pay the Iraqis loads of money to get their oil. Good riddance.