From: "Geo." 

If saddam had been an honorable man and lived up to his disarm agreement,
the sanctions would have lasted 3 months and Turkey would have benefitted
just fine from the trade with Iraq as it rebuilt. Guess maybe that they
might hold that against him?

Geo.

"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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> Except when it ain't you picking up the tab. The US got recompensed for
the
> Gulf War 1 by Saudi & Japan & others. Turkey had a massive hole blown in
> it's budget ever since.
>
> Adam
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
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> > freedom is expensive.
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> > "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> > news:3e5b31b7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > >
> > > "Geo."  wrote in message
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> > > > I would think replacing saddam with a government for and by the
people
> > of
> > > > Iraq would benefit all Iraq's neighbors (or should I
say the people
> that
> > > > make up Iraq's neighbors).
> > > >
> > >
> > > Most probably. But one would have thought that standing up for right
> (good
> > > vs evil??) wouldn't have hurt his neighbors (e.g. Turkey) quite so
much
> so
> > > far.
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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