"NOYB" wrote in message
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Like that would have happened. China, France and Russia stood to gain
billions of dollars from contracts that they had with Saddam once UN
sanctions were lifted. All three countries were clandestinely violating
the
UN sanctions by supplying military hardware and technology to Saddam. Do
you really believe Clinton could have gotten those three members on board?

You're a real piece of work, kid. You find it convenient to pretend that
anything we did more than perhaps 2 years ago is water under the bridge, and
had no connection with the events we're seeing today. Here's some help:

Reagan somehow managed help the Soviet Union go bankrupt. That ended up
being a good thing, on the whole. But, one of the results was that Russia
was unable to come up with enough payroll to keep its nuclear stockpiles
safe. Although there must've been hundreds of news programs and articles
about it, you may have missed it. Although we've provided some aid to Russia
to solve this problem, the situation still exists. Example: Some nuclear
materials were guarded by people who hadn't been paid in months. There were
(and still are) fears that terrorists with pockets full of cash would have
little or no problem buying these materials.

Cut to a year ago: Russia is finally getting back on its feet, and needs all
the business it can get. Do you seriously think they'd let years' of
progress go down the drain, in order to be a cowboy's best buddy? We
certainly wouldn't do that. Why should they?