On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 10:36, Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote: > There is a little thing of lost oil field control by US oil companies as a > result of all the Desert Storm, etc, ugliness. Bush would love nothing more > than to install a friendly leader in Iraq who would then turn over the oil > fields in question to their former US oil company "owners". Ties into both > Bush's and Cheny's former business partners in the business.
Your information is speculative and has zero reality. The oil will be controlled by a coalition of countries, and not by the US unilaterally. You need to watch something else besides the Commie News Network. > I was on B-52s in Desert Storm. The Soviet stuff had my attention (I was an > electronic warfare officer - bomber electronic defensive systems) but the > only weapons I actually had any fear of were the US-supplied HAWK missile > systems. We were geared to deal with Soviet equipment and there is just not > a lot that can be done to a HAWK missile wrt jamming/spoofing. That's quite impressive, because judging from many of your previous posts I had you pegged for a child of sixteen or so. > Bush is also in a precarious position, primed to lose the next election for > sure depending on how it plays out. He is spending billions of dollars on > sending troops to the Gulf in preparation for war. The longer they sit there > idle, the less effective they become (for soldiers it is just wearying to sit > around waiting for something to happen - doesn't mean they need to be > warmongers - I'm not. It is a matter of fact that the longer you have to sit > around, the less effective you will be). Also, the longer they just sit > there, the more the expenses pile up. Ding! Ding! Ding! That is the sound > of deficits skyrocketing (after 8 years of steady decline under a truly > intelligent and good, if not libido-riddled, previous president). If our > troops have to sit there too long, it will hurt the US financially and, more > importantly to the current administration, it will hurt chances of > re-election. It wont matter if Osama finally is caught and Iraq is crushed > if it ends up wrecking the US economy for several years - Bush will lose > re-election. He can't have that so better to smash Saddam NOW, regardless of > what almost anybody else things, and get the boys back, reducing the > financial costs and better ensuring chances of re-election. > > Plus, he wants to give his daddy a present. Stupid kid. Funny, that last comment is what I think after I finish looking at your post subject lines. LX -- 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같� Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Mandrake Linux 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5-11mdk Evolution 1.0.2-5mdk Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ 같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같같�
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