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andrew@acwbust.incom.de (Andrew Wheadon) writes:

>You might answer: Stop defending and leave....

>... SH in possesion of Kuwait and after possible (likely) future attacks
>perhaps a piece of here and a piece of there.

>Peace includes Freedom. How peaceful it would be, give him this give him
>that and keep "peace (by definition of Bernd Sluka)"

We should stop to discuss extremes here, and look for something, that
really works: i am astonished, that the experience we made with
the NATO and its "make war impossible" politics is almost forgotten.
At least here on the net (the democrats in congress discussed
that already).

Think about that: whether it is worth to free Kuweit for the price
of deserting it, or whether the objective should be, to prevent Iraq
from effectivly doing further aggression. Think about, how much
effort has been made by the western governments to protect Kuweit
against being invaded by Iraq (none), and how much effort is now
made to "correct" this error. And what risks are accepted to reach this.

Think about, that President Bush announced "We put SH out of nuclear
weapons business for years." Think about that israeli military announced
a week ago, that they had no indication that SH has been capable of
building even one A-bomb within the next two years.  This statement is
supported by one of IAO, that Iraq has only enough nuclear material
usable for weapons to build just one dirty, small A-Bomb.  Think about,
why SH did not use chemical warheads against Israel until today.  I am
convinced, that he does not have them available for Scud rockets.  Think
about, how mighty his army has been in the war against Iran, with full
support of the west (and east), and how dangerous this army can be
without such support. 

And think about, what he is able and willing to do against a
land offensive of the allies, how much bloddy effort it will need
to get something like a "victory" and how big the chance is,
that nuclear weapons are used by the coalition forces.

Pyrrhus, 276 BC "Another victory like this, and we are lost!"

-- 
Olaf Schlueter, Sandkuhle 4-6, 2300 Kiel 1, FRG, schlut@oski.toppoint.de
     Stop bombardment. Continue embargo. Start negotiations. NOW!
700 tons on Dresden killed 60000. 18000 tons on Bagdad killed (censored).