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To: CuriousGeorge who wrote (7596)	2/16/1998 3:10:00 PM
From: CuriousGeorge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116972

*THE PERSIAN GULF DECEPTION* By J. Adams There is reason to believe that Saddam intentionally provoked the Gulf War with the sole intention of handing the West a 'great victory'. He would have done this in cooperation with Moscow as an important part of an overall strategy to mislead America, its Western allies, and the world as a whole, so that the East can successfully launch a surprise attack against the West. In other words, when it comes right down to it, the Gulf Crisis and subsequent Allied victory over Iraq may have in actuality been nothing but a seductive lie. Iraq inconsistencies o Iraqi forces never preempted the build-up of the American-led Coalition o Saddam's release of Western hostages as 'human shields' (over 3000 Americans) o Saddam's war-machine was somehow surprised by a deadline-attack (no defensive black-out of Baghdad) o Saddam failed to use chemical SCUDs during the Gulf War against Israel or any of Iraq's enemies The importance of Soviet cooperation cannot be overstated. If the Soviets had pursued their traditional policy of blocking agreements at the United Nations and defending their protege in the Middle East, not only would united action have been impossible but fear of provoking a superpower confrontation might well have deterred the United States from acting. Soviet inconsistencies o Soviet foreign policy did an about-face o For the first time since World War II the Soviets cooperated with the West in organizing an international effort. o the Soviet Union had invested a great deal of time, energy, and resources in the construction of Saddam's totalitarian regime and modern war-machine o the destruction of Iraq's military, if it came to that, would augment the strategic weight of Israel and Iran. This is not in Soviet interests A logical explanation for Saddam's continuous and apparently irrational provocations is that he wants the West to resume hostilities and/or seek an overthrow of his dictatorship. "The harvest in the Mother of Battles has succeeded ... the greater harvest and its yield will be in the time to come..." {comment by Saddam Hussein following the Gulf War} syninfo.com (Persion Gulf Deception Part I) syninfo.com (Persion Gulf Deception Part II) syninfo.com (Persion Gulf Deception Part III-bibliography) syninfo.com (Persion Gulf Deception Part IV-adendum)

To: CuriousGeorge who wrote (7596)	2/16/1998 4:26:00 PM
From: gregor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116972

CG: comment on your summary !~!~ >>>>The Baby Boomers are counting on three things for retirement: 1) The stock market with 20%+ returns every year 2) Their houses appreciating in value as their parent's house did 3) The government (Social Security and Medicare)<<<< Never before in history has a generation been poised to inherit more than this generation. The social security imbalance has benefited the retirees to the point that most of the current benefactors received everything they put in before the proverbial ink was dry on their 24th check...I disagree..gregor