Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Would it also be true that many members within the executive branch of govmt. have private interests that may be benefited/harmed by the outcome of any possible event in Irak? Thank you for your feedback to this question. Best regards, Aka. > >On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 10:55 PM, Greg J. Lorenzo wrote: >>The majority of the US's fossil fuel needs are sourced from elsewhere in >>the world other than the Middle East. > >Hence the need for "regime change" in Venezuela a few months back. > >Having our own little protectorate-dictatorship in the Middle East >controlling massive amounts of oil would tend to give us a leg up in >bargaining, eh? > >As it rests right now, no one disagrees that Iraq is an "evil" dictatorship >and that Saddam Hussein would better serve the world with a bullet in his >head. Unfortunately, we have no reason to believe that an invasion by the >United States would change anything. History indicates that we're quite >happy with dictators, as long as they're our dictators - all the way up to >today, where we support the regimes in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. > >>Regards, >> >>Greg > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _________________________________________________________________ Messenger - Wer in Echtzeit kommunizieren will, lädt den MSN Messenger. Cool, kostenlos und mit 3D Emoticons: http://messenger.msn.de - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html