On 13 Sep 2002 at 20:31, Jkr438@aol.com wrote:
>
> > [Joe] But if he develops one or more, and keeps them secret, he can
> > have one or more transported, by his own agents or those of Al
> > Quaeda or another terrorist organization, into the midst of a US or
> > European or Israeli city for detonation, and deny responsibility.
> >
> > [Jake] You seem to be assuming that Saddam will take a path that
> > will lead to more complications for him rather than fewer.
> >
> [Joe] He did in Kuwait.
>
> [Jake] good retort. However, I think in Kuwait, until he got chased
> out, Saddam still had the illusion of being in control of his military
> assets, where if he starts handing out nukes like a generous child
> with candy, there can be no illusion of control at all. I am sure
> Saddam can remember more enemies than two, assuming he has all of his
> fingers, and I bet one of those fingers has "Osama Bin Laden and all
> of his people" written in bright ink. Though probably less prominent
> than "Bush's family" on a more important digit (like say a thumb), but
> there regardless. I am betting that he doesn't forget his enemies any
> sooner than he will part with any one of his fingers. It's probably a
> skill that many treacherous fools learn just a little sooner than
> pancritical rationalism, or even "memetics" for that matter.
>
Actually, Saddam's former mistress has reported that he has met with
Osama Bin Laden twice (she also reported that his favorite move was 'The
Godfather, his favorite song was Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night" and
that he uses Viagra and facial anti-wrinkle treatments, among other
things). If Saddam gave nukes to Al Quaeda, he would still be in control
of them, after a fashion, for the three likeliest nuclear targets of Al Quaeda
would be the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia (for allowing the infidels to
station unbelieving troops on their sacred soil). It is obvious that Saddam
would not consider a detonated nuke in the US or Israel wasted, and if
one was detonated in Saudi Arabia, he could both blame the US for it, and
move troops in under the pretext of restoring civil control; he would then
be in control of the saudi oilfields and the two holy cities of Islam (Mecca
and Medina), as he desired back in 1990.
>
> -Jake
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