> From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Containment means Saddam will stay in power with much higher 
> probability
> than with war. That makes containment pro-Saddam, if you use my
> probability of remaining in power definition, which I think is a
> reasonable one. This is independent of whether containment is 
> the better
> cost/benefit choice for the US, which is a different subject.

By that logic, would containment of the Soviet Union during the Cold War be
pro-Soviet?

 - jmh
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