A LITTLE EXTRA ABOUT IRAQ

This next part is not about Rhode Island, but what the heck. Even I am allowed my political prejudices...

My Aunt Joan was watching CNN, and she said there was a British commentator who was talking about the fact that Saddam wants to debate Bush.

The commentator said the following: "It would be rather a strange debate. One of them only speaks Arabic, and the other doesn't speak English!"

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I also thought this was a pretty good comparison, courtesy of weblog "The Aardvark Speaks"

	Iraq	USA
Has weapons of mass destruction	unknown	Yes
Has used weapons of mass destruction	-	Yes
Has potential to lead war on a global scale	-	Yes
Has potential to completely destroy the world	-	Yes
Is preparing to attack a foreign country	unknown	Yes
Is preparing to invade a foreign country	-	Yes
Is asking/threatening other countries to help invade a foreign country	-	Yes
Is trying to circumvent UN resolutions	Yes	Yes
Is exerting pressure on UN to vote in its favour	-	Yes
President elected in questionable circumstances, or not by majority of citizens	Yes	Yes
President is ruthless dictator	Yes	-
President directly or indirectly responsible for the killing of a substantial number of his citizens	Yes	Yes