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Date Posted: Wed, 01/29/03 3:13pm
Author: Bella
Subject: Re: Venting
In reply to: Steve Russell 's message, "Re: Venting" on Sat, 01/25/03 7:08am

Steve

This war is not about weapons of mass destruction.
>Bush doesn't give a hoot about WMD on the ground in
>Iraq. If it was about WMD, we would have a lot more
>support in the region.
>
If it was about weapons of mass destruction, wouldn't we be going into N Korea first. I read the news articles about Bush's administration stating they would "hold the oil fields in trust" for the Iraqis - oh yes, right, how selfless of Bush to promise that!!

>It's about the stategic need to occupy Iraq. Not just
>for the oil. We need a much larger base of operations
>in the region than Kuwait can offer, and we need one
>where we don't have to ask permission to act.

Agree, it's not just about oil. It's about imperialist power.
>
>From there, we can strike Iran ("axis of evil,"
>remember?) and keep a close eye on old Soviet nukes.
>
>Bush is ginning up a legalistic reason to pursue
>strategic goals and Iraq is trying to tie him up in
>the legalities. But in the end, we are going to war
>unless the US occupies Iraq without a war. Every time
>Bush changes his story about the reasons, this becomes
>clearer to the Europeans.
>
>They are beginning to feel like Victor Frankenstein
>and wondering if the lab has a back door.
>
>I feel like it is 1939 and I'm living in Germany.
>
>Steve Russell

It is clearer to the Europeans, unless they happen to be the idiot Tony Blair, in which case it isn't clearer. I don't know about living in Germany, I just feel I'm living in a place I don't want to be part of.

Bella

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