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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Oct 28, 2008, at 11:10 AM, DSanner106 AT aol.com wrote:
> Some of the satellite photos were shown on television at the time, and
> Congress
> did have access to the files. Our govt. had and has deals with  
> Syria, Iran,
> Pakistan
> and other countries, and making it public knowledge with a certainty  
> would
> mean
> the American people just might have demanded we pursue these weapons  
> into
> countries we had shaky agreements with.

The American people might well have demanded such. If what you say is  
true, then we were deceived even more.
> Many did accompany us, Great Britain, Canada, Spain, Turkey etc. etc.

See my reply to Bev on this.
> Nope, Iran loved the fighter jets Saddaam flew over there to hide  
> before  the
> first gulf war, they still use
> them. Syria and Pakistan got the benefits this time. Iran had just  
> finished
> a long war with Iraq, and as
> Iraq was the most powerful country in the region no-one wanted to  
> take them
> on. They let us do it
> for them. Also, middle eastern leaders use us as the western devil  
> in the
> rhetoric that helps keep them
> in power, how would it look to their people if they sided with us?

Now, that, I find logical.