Anyone want to bet the CIA isn't all over Venezuela right now figuring out how to replace Chavez?
If the CIA fails, I'd put money on Bush sending the troops to Argentina, for some reason or another. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, December 20, 2002, 2:11:23 PM, you wrote: BS> Ya know... the oil actually belongs to Iraq... to the Iraqi people. Currently the Iraqi regime has some control over the money that is earned when the oil is sold... the oil for food routine via BS> the UN sanctions work to some extent however the regime still manages to get their hands on a lot of the money... some of it through smuggling of oil. BS> The Russians currently have most of the contracts for supporting the oil producing infrastructure, pumps, pipelines etc... but the real money is in the oil, not the facilities. BS> A regime change in Iraq opens the opportunity for a true redistribution of wealth. Currently the general Iraqi population is dirt poor. The money flows only through the regime and their cronies BS> that is all about keeping the regime in power. Therefore most of the GNP is generated through military spending. With a regime change that money generated by the oil can be used for roads, BS> librarys, industrial expansion, the general increase in the standard of living of the typical citizen. The US will not own the Iraqi oil .... unless of course we take over the country ala the BS> techniques of Saddam when he took over Kuwait for a few months in 1990. BS> Truthfully the worlds got plenty of oil right now... the world has been getting along just fine without the oil from Iraq which has been cut way back the last 10 or more years. Venezuela, which BS> supplies 25% of the US oil imports is the real concern now... with their current slide towards civil war. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
