International diplomacy is a game of high stakes poker played with
billion
dollar chips and stacks of human lives.
Saddam really enjoyed the prestige that came with playing in the high
stakes game, and did everything he could to make the world think that he
still had WMD, in part because that kept him at the table, and in part
because of the prestige that gave him in that part of the world.
It was a bluff because apparently he spent the money not on actual
weapons
programs, but on himself and his cronies, and when it came time to show his
cards, all he held was a busted flush.
What Saddam did was akin to the punk who pulls a fake gun on a cop. The
punk will definitely succeed at getting the cop's attention, but no matter
how convincing the fake gun looks, the outcome is not in doubt, and I for
one can't blame the cop for blowing the fool away.
Walt
------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-->
Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark
Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada.
http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511
http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM
---------------------------------------------------------------------~->
Biofuel at Journey to Forever:
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html
Biofuels list archives:
http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address.
To unsubscribe, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
