From: "Robert Comer" 

> But at that point even FRANCE could have stomped him.

That's debatable, France depended far to much on the Maginot line, they
really weren't thinking they were vulnerable.  Their armed forces weren't
state of the art either because of that thinking...

> We also saw Saddam take Kuwait and it was perfectly plain Saudi Arabia was
> next.  You don't see that as a threat?

And we dealt with that back in 1991 as we should have.  In 2003 that was not so.

--
Bob Comer


"Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
news:op.sy9v7j0eeipai0{at}news.barkto.com...
> On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:09:20 -0400, Robert Comer
>  wrote:
>
>>> Was Hitler an "active threat" when he was marching
men armed with wooden
>>> sticks for guns into the demilitarized region in violation of the treaty
>>> of Versailles?
>>
>> Yes.  He already had massive weapons programs going.
>>
>
> But at that point even FRANCE could have stomped him.
>
> We also saw Saddam take Kuwait and it was perfectly plain Saudi Arabia was
> next.  You don't see that as a threat?
>
> --
> Gary Wiltshire

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