Hallo Darryl, Not at all discounting any of those items you listed below but definitely do not discount the radical religious underpinning either. ;o)
Happy Happy, Gustl On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 21:49:15 -0400 "Darryl McMahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gustl, leave us some room for at least one of my pet > theories. > > 1) Oil multi-nationals wanted control of the Iraqi > oilfields. Couldn't leave the > graft and corruption to UN officials - that's a private > sector area of expertise. > > 2) U.S. needed a new theatre to try some new Pentagon > toys. > > 3) Saddam was lobbying to sell Iraqi oil (under U.N. > program or otherwise) in Euros > instead of U.S. $, threatening the strength of the > greenback. > > 4) Saddam tried to kill George W.'s daddy. > > > > > On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 20:28:13 -0500 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Darryl wrote: > > > > > > "Clearly, "taking out Saddam" had nothing to do with > > > weapons of mass destruction > > > (the U.N. inspectors had all but proven he had none > > > before the U.S. found the > > > courage to invade), or 9/11 (the plans were in play > in > > > the U.S. Administration > > > *before* the planes hit the towers). It was not > about > > > getting the oil, as it > > > was > > > available for sale on the world market prior to the > > > invasion. It wasn't about > > > Iraq > > > as a military threat in the region - the U.S. and > U.K. > > > were flying military and > > > surveillance over the country *daily* prior to the > > > invasion. It wasn't about > > > Al- > > > Qaeda - they despised Saddam. Hussein did not attack > or > > > threaten the U.S. > > > > > > So, Henri, in your opinion, why had the Bush White > House > > > really decided to > > > invade > > > Iraq - prior to 9/11?" > > > > > > > > > Could it be because the UN sanctions were failing and > > > about to be lifted? The US was not about to allow the > > > Saddam administration to get $10+ Billion in oil > revenue > > > each year knowing they would use it to resume their > > > weapons programs. > > > > > > No, they did not have weapons of mass destruction > yet, > > > but they did have the know how and planned to build > them > > > ASAP once the sanctions were lifted. > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Biofuel mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Biofuel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > > > > -- > Darryl McMahon http://www.econogics.com/ > It's your planet. If you won't look after it, who will? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/