i think the idea was that he would bomb the oil fields for spite just to wreck the world economy if he was about to be taken out, or that he would use it as a threat to keep his enemies at bay. that feeds into pollacks notion that hes undeterrable as opposed to say the russians who were apparently more rational and cared about whether they lived. and i think the idea is that he would be able to deter us once he had nuclear weapons which is why they say we have to go in before he develops them. somehow this only applies to saddam and not north korea. apparently some axises are more evil than others.
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- dave 12-21-2002 9:22 pm