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To: epicure who wrote (55669)	3/23/2008 5:36:55 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543200

Saddam made a convincing bluff he already had some WMD and was trying to have all kinds. Iraq is a geographic central point of islam. Saddam was not really in charge of vast open spaces. Reshaping Iraq makes all kinds of complementary sense in creating an infection of a stable political system. Saddam was an unknown mental case, not unlike Islamic fundamentalists. But Sadam had a base from which to operate and plan. After 911, a new bar of murder and mayhem was set for terrorist acts. A different level of caution and prevention had to be enabled. there is ample information available showing clinton with a disinterest in the threats of terrorism. that attitude pervaded and those given the tasks of being guardians had to live by rules of you can not do that.