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> People who advocate regime change in Iraq also have to answer this
> question. If we had better intelligence about Saddam's plans in August
> 1990, the international community could have warned Saddam that we
> would not accept a ``regime change´´ in Kuwait. If Saddam had backed
> off then, wouldn't it be likely that Saddam would now be a U.S. ally in
> the war against terror?

Of course we had the intelligence. Saddam actually asked the US ambassador for
permission before invading Kuwait - and he got the green light.

> Rumsfeld visiting Saddam to negotiate the use of Iraqi air-fields and
> military bases to implement regime change in Iran?

Well put!
Mark Parkinson
Bodmin
Cornwall



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