Qadaffi behaved himself only after the US bombed his palace and killed
his daughter. There is of course the small matter of the Pan Am Flight
103 or Lockerbie bombing by Libyan agents which occurred later. So it's
not a perfect solution.
JTN
Mike Thompson wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I have one question about this whole Saddam thing. Why are we scared of
> this guy? I don't see this small country as a threat. Can't we live and
> let live? The "madman" of the 80's Mulmar Kadafi (I know it's not
> spelled right) still in power, has not bothered anyone since we left him
> alone. I would suggest lifting the sanctions and forget about him. But,
> if he was to use his supposed "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION" on someone
> else, level the country. And "WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION" What a
> marketing tool! I laugh when I hear that. This phrase is just a way to
> scare the American people into supporting kicking Saddam around. The
> weapons inspectors have been sniffing around for years and I have not
> heard "We found the bombs and the nerve gas". India, China and others
> have tested nuclear weapons in the past few years and we haven't done a
> thing about them. Talk about mass destruction.
>
> Sorry for getting political on the list.
> --
> Cheers,
> Mike Thompson
> http://www.urgrgcc.edu/staff/miket/index.htm
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