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They don't steal the oil, they blow it up so they can make money fixing it.
PS: Sadam Hussein as well as others (Hamas for one) contributed money to reimburse the families of "martydom warriors"; presumably this would have included the families of the 911 hijackers. Virtually certain he wasn't in on it.
We didn't go into Iraq in 1991 for the same reason (basically) that we want out now; mullahs don't negotiate, seculars like Sadam do.
posted by
majroj
on January 17, 2007 at 1:23 PM
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Punder unintended?
posted by
majroj
on January 17, 2007 at 1:19 PM
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Maj I meant "plundering"
posted by
Cynthia
on January 17, 2007 at 4:15 AM
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Maj, if the folks pundering the oil pipelines are Iraqis
I sympathize. They are without electric, have very little gas, afterall wasn't it Haliburton, the first big plunderer, who not only robbed the Iraqis but American tax payers too?? It's Iraqi oil. They should get to keep it. Or at least sell it so they can rebuild their country.
posted by
Cynthia
on January 17, 2007 at 4:14 AM
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Wiley, Sure, when Bush went to Afghanistn to hunt down Osama
One of the guys who was really out to get us Americans and who actually did have something to do with 911 that was OK, but then he decides now is his big chance to attack Iraq. Wiley, Saddam HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 911. As a matter of fact, he and Osama, and their followers did not get along. Saddam was secular. Osama was religious. Now it doesn't matter any more because Bush created a cyclone of hate against us that wasn't there before he attacked.
posted by
Cynthia
on January 17, 2007 at 4:09 AM
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Cynthia
All I can think of my friend were the 3000 folks that got killed in 9/11, and your man Bush that seems so hated, did find a way to give evildoers an answer. Frankly, I feel sorry for him my friend.
I guess I'm rather like Socrates now at age 70,
"As for me, all I know is that I know nothing."
I do know Bush had the courage to act during a terrible time for us all, and I respect him for that.
posted by
WileyJohn
on January 15, 2007 at 9:25 PM
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Iraq oil still in Iraq. Film at eleven.
I heard a loacl military commander say that not only insurgents but pipeline repail people blow up the transport pipelines.
Let's call it what is is...plunder.
posted by
majroj
on January 15, 2007 at 9:11 PM
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The Bushies just don't have the power any more Whacky.
With all the legislation the Dems have passed in the first 100 hours of their term, they've carried a good number of disaffected republicans with them. So, I don't see a draft coming.
posted by
Cynthia
on January 15, 2007 at 4:24 AM
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Hummm...not another draft I hope.
posted by
Whacky
on January 14, 2007 at 8:59 PM
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Thanks Afzal.. I try to introduce
a little black humor as it's the only way one can deal with this and stay sane.
posted by
Cynthia
on January 14, 2007 at 8:52 AM
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Maj, What is happening to all the Iraqi oil???
posted by
Cynthia
on January 14, 2007 at 8:50 AM
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Good post.
posted by
afzal50
on January 14, 2007 at 8:39 AM
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"Coalition of the Willing" was very good communication!
It perfctly summed up the lack of enthusiasm among them to participate.
I wonder if the phrase "Me and My Boys" was in that load of paper headed for the shredder?
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posted by
majroj
on January 14, 2007 at 7:54 AM
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