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From: pspod@kira.lerc.nasa.gov ( )
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: first strike
Message-ID: <1991Jan12.011755.24599@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 12 Jan 91 01:17:55 GMT
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From: pspod@kira.lerc.nasa.gov ( )
In article <1991Jan10.025410.3592@cbnews.att.com> BRANTLEP%ARIZVM1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (Peter Brantley) writes:
>
>  Why does everyone so sheepishly assume in their wargaming that *we*
>determine the time and place?  If today's meeting does not go well, or
>the situation deteriorates, it seems more likely that Saddam would let
>loose with everything he has.  Let his scuds go: chemical or bio the


Why should Saddam risk war by starting it?  He will wait until the U.N.
attacks otherwise he will be blamed for starting it and the the opponents
to war will have difficulty in blaming the US for starting the war. Saddam
knows that his enemies facing him are very reluctant or extremely restricted
in starting a war and that a war will destroy him.