And it's also not just because WE depend on oil, but because other countries have an even greater dependence on oil. If we don't keep the oil flowing, then those countries will need to increase their military spending and we will no longer be the only bully on the block ...
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 9:32 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Hello? > > Jerry, who supplied him with the means to attack? We were > pushing weapons to Sadaam like crazy not even 20 years ago. > Must be convenient for the defense industry to sell a bunch > of shit, and then 20 years later have to sell a bunch more to > combat who they sold to in the first place. That doesn't seem > at all backwards? And why are we not all that concerned with the human rights violations going on in Kuwait? It's a monarchy not so disimiliar to Iraq in flavor. It's treatment of women in particular is awful. This isn't a kindred spirit we fought to save, folks. Why also are we simply not concerned with other, similar invasions and violations throughout the world? Why are we marginally involved in these many dozens but yet send billions of dollars worth of men and equipment to save Kuwait? Hmmm... What could it >oil< possibly >oil< be? How >oil< can we >oil< rectify this >oil< seemingly randomly >oil< applied foreign policy? I'm not saying it's right or wrong - but let's just be honest about our motivations here. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
