In a message dated 1/29/2004 9:50:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Maybe. If so he is fairly unique among dictators. > Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong Il, to pick two, are > unlikely to have been influenced by access to the > world economy. And if that had really been enough, he > would have done it a long, long time ago. Also, if > that was really his motivation, he would have > contacted the French or the Russians. But that's not > whom he approached first, which all by itself is > pretty indicative. > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
