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In article <GGM1ZN4U37524.841875@Gilgamesh-frog.org>,
Buck Turgidson <Anonymous-Remailer@See.Comment.Header> wrote:
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>NewsMax has also learned from Washington sources that Israel has candidly
>told the Bush administration, and through back channels the Iraqis, that if=
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>mass destruction weapons are used against Israel, Iraq can expect a
>devastating nuclear response.=20

No shit.  No doubt Israel wants that message to leak far and wide.

>The Israeli position has Washington on edge. Earlier this week, Secretary
>Rumsfeld made a public plea for the Israelis not to retaliate if attacked.
>But the Israelis find non-response unacceptable.=20

As well they should.  A non-response to a few SCUDs in the context of a
larger war is one thing.  A non-response to an unprovoked attack with
WMDs is quite another.

>An Israeli strike on Iraq could widen the expected war between the U.S. and=
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>Iraq.

A nuclear war of any sort means all bets are off, everywhere.  Why do
you think keeping WMDs out of Saddams hands has been a priority for
American administrations?  It ain't just the polls.
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