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Iran was never in a position to take over Iraq. Iran was attacked by Iraq first. The thought of Iran taking over Iraq is a paranoid one. So was the domino theory during the cold war and also the idea that Saddam had WMD that could be deployed in 45 minutes. When I was in primary school our teacher discussed the terrifying hypothetical situation of a US president going mad. It now seems that such situations are not so hypothetical. The impeachment proceedings against Clinton, the election of Bush before all votes in Florida were counted and the recall vote in California suggest that in the US sane decent leaders are not tolerated. Quoting Darin Zeilweger <dzepplin@charter.net>: >....the thought of Iran taking over Iraq and > being in control of the 2nd largest oil supply in the world. In > addition, they would be sharing borders with not only Kuwait but with > Saudi Arabia, the worlds largest oil supply, of whome the Iranians did > not like -- and the Saudi's feared. -- _____________________________________________________________________ Snel en voordelig ADSL nu voor iedereen bereikbaar. Zon Breedband Budget vanaf EUR 14,95 per maand met ZonTel. Nu tijdelijk geen aansluitkosten. Bestel snel op zonnet.nl/breedband _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk