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. > Indicative of what? He approached us first during the Clinton adminstration and much of the negotiations apparrently took place during the early run up to Iraq. Let us deal with your two counter examples. Korea does not have oil or for that matter anything else of economic value so they are using their scare tactics to try to extort money from the west of the world. Sadam was crazy. Quadifi is an ecomaniac but clearly he is not as nuts as Sadam. He could make the reasoned decision that his past tactics were not getting him what he wanted or needed. He dealt with us because he knew that we were the key players in getting him back into the world economy _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
