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Submitted by Bob Klein (United States), Oct 9, 2003 at 18:44

Mr. Pipes, of course Saddam is a very bad guy and an eventual threat to the US. But there are more urgent problems, like North Korea and finishing what we started in Afghanistan. Instead, we have spread ourselves very thin in a highly risky and ill-prepared venture at great danger to the US. ...
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Title Commenter Date Thread
The Ongoing Democratic Party Libel [187 words]Howard WolfDec 9, 2005 01:3429687
Maybe because he felt WMD would fetch a better price unused in the open market [42 words]Cary WatmoreJul 6, 2005 10:5823145
Did Saddam send his WMD's to Sinochem in the PRC? [194 words]Michael B. HicklandMar 22, 2004 15:5814294
If Stalin was so inept - why did he defeat 80% of the Germans!? [572 words]Mark KJan 2, 2004 10:3113049
Response to another Bush justification policy [168 words]dfordemn@Yahoo.comOct 31, 2003 16:4612032
Why didn't he use them. [80 words]Steve TOct 15, 2003 09:5911794
Interesting Article. [85 words]DarrenOct 14, 2003 14:0811790
WMD Lies [181 words]David PascoeOct 14, 2003 00:3311785
It was still neccesary to fight [50 words]FenixOct 11, 2003 03:1111777
It is not the most reasonable assumption [161 words]Bernard RossOct 10, 2003 16:0111772
It was the Russians [166 words]Joel SearsOct 10, 2003 15:3811771
More Urgent Problems [54 words]Bob KleinOct 9, 2003 18:4411767
3Very well written article [122 words]Boris FrenkelOct 9, 2003 17:5011766
Hitler vs. Stalin [66 words]G. E. WoodOct 9, 2003 15:4711765
Why Did Saddam Hussein Fail to Use WMD If He Had Them? [58 words]Joseph M. EllisOct 8, 2003 20:3311760
Hamartia, always Hamartia! [25 words]Dr. Dalia DanielOct 8, 2003 18:3911758
The Leader and Monster [202 words]Arlinda DeAngelisOct 8, 2003 21:5111756
I Agree in Principle [81 words]AvrahamOct 8, 2003 17:5811754
Delusions [14 words]Sharon BooneOct 8, 2003 16:3611753
Yeah, but... [177 words]Dealton LewisOct 8, 2003 07:4511749
Why Saddam might have bluffed [135 words]Sid TrevethanOct 8, 2003 06:2911746
Short Memories [53 words]Tova MatteroOct 8, 2003 01:2411745
Iraq WMD are hidden [137 words]Tiger DunnOct 8, 2003 00:4811744
Good Work [116 words]DanOct 7, 2003 23:5411743
The War against the West [685 words]Fred KellerOct 7, 2003 23:4111742
1A worrisome diversion from the Pipes norm [585 words]Drew DoxseeOct 7, 2003 22:1611741
What about Iran? [91 words]Eliot I. SakolsOct 7, 2003 22:1611740
Was it really fantasy? [153 words]Akemi YokoOct 7, 2003 22:1011739
Saddams hidden WMD [134 words]Bernard RossOct 7, 2003 20:1611738
Look in Syria... [122 words]Gary KardonOct 7, 2003 20:0611737
Russia hid them [140 words]Paul M. NevilleOct 7, 2003 18:1111735
Devil's advocate? [83 words]Bob HuntOct 7, 2003 17:5311734
Too much hubris and ignorance in the world... [33 words]AaronOct 7, 2003 16:4811732
Saddam's behaviour justified war. [80 words]Erik DriessensOct 7, 2003 15:2711731
your reference to Hitler's and Stalin's mistakes are disputable [201 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
Vadim LevensonOct 7, 2003 15:0911730
Dictatorship: a reflection of Arab society [108 words]Mori Krantz MDOct 7, 2003 13:5611729
What Mystery [189 words]yonasonOct 7, 2003 13:3311728
Still looking for reasons to invade [213 words]Nick WiesenfeldOct 7, 2003 13:2311726
Refusal to admit mistakes not unique to dictators [144 words]Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz)Oct 7, 2003 12:5511723
The propensity of totalitarian demigods to self-inflicted wounds [25 words]zwie amitaiOct 7, 2003 11:4111722
Saddam's Attributes? [45 words]Murray KupersmithOct 7, 2003 11:4111721
So let me see if I've got this right: [107 words]SeamusOct 7, 2003 11:4011720
Deadly mistakes of tyrants [97 words]george rosenbaumOct 7, 2003 11:3511718
A side note: [282 words]norwegianwoodOct 7, 2003 10:4711716
Thanks for saying what the administration doesn't say! [72 words]Dick LupoOct 7, 2003 09:4911713
Regarding [Saddam's] WMD Lies -- notes and comments [417 words]Roy FlaniganOct 7, 2003 08:2011711

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