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From: <cas@...>
To: <logic-ot@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: [L-OT] The Terrorists of Tomorrow (long)


> --- In logic-ot@y..., "Wilson Zorn" <wilson.zorn@a...> wrote:
> > > War and the US enforced sanctions against Iraq, which have
> had
> > > ABSOLUTELY NO EFFECT on Saddam Hussein.
> > >
> >
> > I keep hearing this but I don't get it - Hussein has been
> impacted greatly
> > by it; his ability to rebuild the military has been severely
> hampered and
> > he's had to fight more internal wars than he previously had to.
> He has been
> > affected.
>
> The impact that economic sanctions have had on Saddam
> Hussein are very small compared to the effect they've had on the
> Iraqi people, He's been selling oil illegally for years since the
> sanctions to rebuild his military, so even in that respect, it was a
> short term hit on his forces,so please explain to me how he has
> been affected other than militarily.
>

I did not say he had been affected other than militarily.  Thank you for
confirming my point.