VERN HUMPHREY wrote in a message to TERRY VERNON:

TV>VH> There is no nerve gas in Iraq?  The inspectors have found some!!  They
TV>VH> have found the warheads it would be loaded in.  They have found
TV>VH> missiles
TV>VH> to carry it to other nations?

TV>Saddam has also recently threatened the Kurds that if they don't
TV>behave, he'll use gas on them  - the same gas he denies having...

VH> How about that? :-)

VH> This guy IS a Hitler -- and all the whining in the world won't
VH> change that.  He's as dangerous as Hitler was -- and if we back
VH> down, he'll have the whole Middle East locked in his grasp.  Those
VH> nations he doesn't control directly will be blackmailed into
VH> submission.  His power to affect the economy of the world will be
VH> unparalleled.

VH> And, as we have seen, there are some advanced nations willing to
VH> dance to his tune, to sell him the weapons and material he needs to
VH> become even more powerful.

Well,  according to what I hear on the news,  there ain't gonna be any more
backing down.  Ten days...

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