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Originally posted by Uryoces
> Far more dangerous than those aluminum tubes are
> nuclear bombs in Pakistan, Israel, and India
They've both tested atomic weapons. Neither country has expressed a great interest in us. There are nuts in every country, e.g. Timothy McVey and Tim Eyman. Islamic nations by default do not like "the West".
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Pakistan, Israel, and India have expressed as much interest in attacking the US as Saddam. Once George Jr rhetoric is eliminated, then Saddam has no interest in attacking America. What would he gain? Where is the profit? Saddam's entire history is to avoid all conflict with America. He was shocked and confused when America came to the rescue of Kuwait. After all, we all but told him that he could take Kuwait - according to what he heard. You can imagine his shock when America went to war - a Saddam worse case nightmare.
That is Saddam's history. Avoid all conflict with big powers such as the US. Those WMD were for unification (liberation from Saddam's viewpoint) of the Gulf region. WMD were a threat to regional nations - not to America. Until those neighbors feel threatened, then America has no direct interest in Saddam.
Geopolitical conditions will change with invasion. The only target of George Jr is Saddam. Therefore Saddam will use any WMD he might still have on attacking US troops. If the US did as in Bosnia and Serbia, then something more powerful than direct military force would bring down Saddam. Many forget what more powerful weapon was used to take down Milosevik and associates. Richard Holbrooke. Same weapon could be used to make Saddam redundant without exposing US troops to WMD and exposing every American citizen to intelligent terrorists. But first Saddam must do something worthy of such a response.
Saddam is not and has no intent on being a threat to the US - just like Pakistan, India, and Israel. Get rid of George Jr rhetoric and that has always been the bottom line.
BTW, it is totally naive to think America is not a preferred friend of many Islamic nations. Get rid of the "all Arabs are evil" mentalities and mindsets, and some of America's stronger allies are Islamic. Need we start with Turkey and Egypt. The many small Gulf nations. Oman. Jordan. Those who promote hate also claim that all Islam nations dislike America. What Islamics people do dislike is George Jr. But then that is understandable. Virtually every other nation less likes George Jr.