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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (257121)	7/7/2008 7:55:35 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794030

Too funny Maurice. Let's see, where should I begin. Oh, Saddam.... Had the U.S. not led a coalition to kick him out of Kuwait, he well could have taken the Saudi oil fields and controlled a large portion of the worlds energy resources. Having that kind of power and wealth will bring you a lot more allegiance than the Italian army of WW2. And he was a deranged nut on the order of Hitler. I believe his hero was Stalin. What would Stalin had done controlling so much of the planets energy? It's very, very, very, very, very easy to look back now after Saddam and his 4th largest army in the world is destroyed and say it was all soooo easy, isn't it? NZ acting alone would have been defeated by a few of Saddam's old Soviet tanks and probably ran like the Italians of WW2 from the sands of Kuwait. That is if they had the guts to go it alone. Speaking of performance in WW2, quite an amazing performance NZ had in Greece and then the Crete islands wasn't it. Speaking of saving the world, the U.S. military will keep patrolling the oceans both above and below to keep you safe to build the next CDMA technology. Because, without that military power keeping the sea lanes free of nut cases like the ones you mentioned, that cell phone wouldn't be worth a dime. Americans don't often ask for thanks for the sacrifices we endure as the worlds only superpower, but most aren't willing to sit idly by and read a bunch of revisionistic military history which paints those sacrifices in a solely selfish light. I'm sure NZ is a beautiful place with wonderful people (I did see Lord of the Rings), but let's not pretend they have much to do with keeping the world safe from evil dictators.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (257121)	7/7/2008 9:07:49 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794030

I know he wasn't going to ever become another Hitler Back in the 70's Saddam Hussein was fairly open about his "hitlerite" ambitions - he claimed that his life's goal was to unite all Arabs under one flag. His intention clearly wasn't to promote democracy in the Arab world. However, it is hard to become a decent Hitler in this day and age without having one vital prerequisite - the Great Equalizer. WMD's. Nukes. In that respect the Israelis kicked him out of the saddle in 1981, when they destroyed his "peaceful" nuclear reactor. Later, of course, Desert Storm knocked the breath out of ol' Saddam, at least for a few years. By that time maybe he was getting too old to become Hitler, but neither he nor his generals would admit to it, and his sons thought, apparently, that things were moving along rather nicely. Michael in the other reply to your post makes a very valid point. If it weren't for Desert Storm Hussein would likely end up controlling a lion's share of world's oil. That would make him more powerful than Hitler ever was.