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2002-11-11 Axis of Evil

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-11-11 09:10 am|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Didn't they try something close to this in Kosovo when they commandeered the airbase under Nato's nose and that wrinkled British general didn't want to start WW3 over it. It wouldn't surprise me if the Ruskies try to pre-empt our bad medicine routine with a "patient is cured" strategy.

Posted by Jack 2002-11-11 09:40:16|| 2002-11-11 09:40:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, the key difference from Kosovo is that this time (if one can believe the source - I'd double- or triple-check anything from a source like ummahnews.com), the Russians are consulting the US on what they're considering.

Truthfully, I've heard a lot of worse ideas in my time than turning the KGB's successor loose on Saddam. As Ptah noted, the Russians have several good reasons to want Saddam out, all of which, in the end, come down to economics (just as the French have good reasons to want to maintain Saddam, all of which come down to economics). All in all, I'm just a bit more sympathetic to the Russian desire to keep oil prices at a level where they can make some money than I am to the French desire to keep selling Iraq assorted implements of destruction...

Posted by Anonymous 2002-11-11 18:47:54|| 2002-11-11 18:47:54|| Front Page Top

#3 If I were an Iraqi general(and thank God I'm not),it would make more sense for me to wait for the Americans rather than risk my life and health.Plus Saddam probably has their families as collateral somewhere.

Posted by El Id 2002-11-11 11:16:50|| 2002-11-11 11:16:50|| Front Page Top

#4 The ruskies have three good reasons: Any puppet government they set up will pay them money owed. Secondly, that government would honor contracts Hussein signed in a desperate bid to buy a UN Security Council Veto that never came. Thirdly, the ruskies have to keep control of the Iraqi Oil wells out of US hands. Otherwise, the US would pump up production, smash OPEC, and drag the price of oil down so low, the Ruskies couldn't make money on their oil (which is paid for in hard currency).

Posted by Ptah 2002-11-11 11:50:39|| 2002-11-11 11:50:39|| Front Page Top

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