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No War With Iraq
January 12, 2001 | Diplomatic Sources/Intelligence

Posted on 01/12/2002 3:00:04 PM PST by umbra

Just heard through a good diplomatic source that we will not be going to war with Iraq.

Their intelligence says that we will work to overthrow the government in place and Russia has objected to an outright confict involving the US.


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1 posted on 01/12/2002 3:00:04 PM PST by umbra
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To: umbra
Can you tell us something about your background?
2 posted on 01/12/2002 3:02:36 PM PST by Stentor
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To: Stentor
He could, but then..............
3 posted on 01/12/2002 3:03:44 PM PST by Texaggie79
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To: umbra
Do you work for Debka?
4 posted on 01/12/2002 3:04:44 PM PST by College Repub
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To: umbra
Prediction : Sadom will do something stupid to pull us in.
5 posted on 01/12/2002 3:05:50 PM PST by ChadGore
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To: umbra
And you saw fit to broadcast this on a public forum?? You don't work at the Pentagon, do you? Or is your source at State perhaps an IDIOT for telling you, knowing you'd blab as soon as possibe??
6 posted on 01/12/2002 3:07:34 PM PST by habs4ever
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To: umbra
I can relate to what you SPOKE of Mr. UMBRA.
7 posted on 01/12/2002 3:10:37 PM PST by struwwelpeter
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To: umbra
This is consistent with what Richard Butler said the other evening, that we absolutely must have Russia's agreement and cooperation or we can't do it. (Perhaps this is obvious.)
8 posted on 01/12/2002 3:10:44 PM PST by firebrand
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To: umbra
Thank God. Geraldo is already set up in Somalia. Wouldn't want him to have to pack his undies and move.

Work to overthrow it how? Didn't we try that and fail miserably? Would you trust us if you were a Kurd who saw what an unreliable ally we are?

9 posted on 01/12/2002 3:10:54 PM PST by John Jorsett
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To: umbra
I would be very interested in learing how you picked the username "umbra". An Ex-Cryppie
10 posted on 01/12/2002 3:15:17 PM PST by JABit
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To: umbra
Ok how praytell are we going to overthrow the Iraqi government? The Kurds won't do it, that's for sure, Bush Senior already has a guilty consience over them.

I doubt there's any oppurtunity any group of people in the Iraqi government can overthrow Saddam. He just has too strong of a grip on Iraq.

11 posted on 01/12/2002 3:16:34 PM PST by ChicagoRepublican
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To: habs4ever
Or is your source at State perhaps an IDIOT for telling you, knowing you'd blab as soon as possibe??

Or does the State person WANT him to start blabbing... (whether it's true or not)

12 posted on 01/12/2002 3:17:08 PM PST by xm177e2
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To: Stentor
Looks like Langely needs to check this guy out.
13 posted on 01/12/2002 3:18:08 PM PST by Cobra64
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To: umbra
If true, this represents the triumph of Russian nuclear deterrence over the clamor coming from an American public brainwashed before and since Desert Storm to believe Saddam Hussein is "worse than Hitler," as the First Bush once said in a moment of hyperbole.

Iraq, being a secular dictatorship, is actually probably the best form of government we can hope for in that part of the world. It has no more sympathy for bin Laden types than we do. Look at how it reacted to Iran being taken over by ayatollahs. It immediately invaded.

14 posted on 01/12/2002 3:18:43 PM PST by longleaf
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To: umbra
This info is similar to what was broadcast on Fox today. They interviewed a guest who was billed as the former head of the nuclear program for Iraq who said that not only would we not attack Iraq in the near future, but had also suspended funding to the Iraq National Congress because we did not want to be pulled into a conflict when we weren't ready.
15 posted on 01/12/2002 3:19:03 PM PST by Truth29
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To: umbra
Just heard through a good diplomatic source that we will not be going to war with Mexico.
16 posted on 01/12/2002 3:21:28 PM PST by isthisnickcool
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To: longleaf
That may be, but they probably worked WITH Bin Laden. The whole "If your enemy is my enemy than we are friends" thing...
17 posted on 01/12/2002 3:21:43 PM PST by College Repub
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To: ChicagoRepublican; Jeremiah Jr
Ok how praytell are we going to overthrow the Iraqi government?

Turn back the clock. Hashemite Iraq

18 posted on 01/12/2002 3:21:52 PM PST by Thinkin' Gal
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To: Truth29
because we did not want to be pulled into a conflict when we weren't ready.

Yes, that guy was great with Tony.
As for the 'not ready' part, we need to build a whole lot of cruise missiles!

19 posted on 01/12/2002 3:25:43 PM PST by StriperSniper
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To: habs4ever
This is disinformation. The fact is, we are nowhere NEAR prepared to go into Iraq, and action may have to wait until Saddam does something so egregious, so outrageous, that we shall have no other response than to go after him then. That does not mean, however, that preparation is not yet started. We may have to go to Chechnya first, and use that as the springboard. (I do not know. This is sheer speculation.) But Saddam should stand warned, we will come for him, and there will be no mercy, no bargaining, no retreat on our part.
20 posted on 01/12/2002 3:25:57 PM PST by alloysteel
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