----- Original Message ----- From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 9:17 AM Subject: Re: war and peace
> At 22:22 6-2-2003 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: > > >I would say that it certainly will be much greater, if just for the > >difference in strategic reasons and the ready availability of oil > >revenue to the first Iraqi republic to finance its own development. > > Why would post-war Iraq be the "first Iraqi republic"? Iraq is *already* a > republic. What do you think a republic is? It can't just be that it is called a republic, otherwise a cat that wears a sign that says bear is really a bear. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
