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To: spiral3 who wrote (48573)	10/1/2002 3:56:36 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) of 281500

The reason most of the time most of us don't react to the "it's all about oil" argument is that we're tired of it. It's so obvious as to be almost a truism that the US has very little interest in the Middle East other than oil. There's very little else of interest in the Middle East, except for sand and camels. However, as Nadine has pointed out so many times that I think she's too tired to bother anymore, our strongest ally in the Middle East is Israel, which has no oil. By supporting Israel, we piss off the oil producers. So if "it's all about oil" why don't we just ditch Israel, remove the sanctions from Iraq, and quit spending billions on defense of the rest of the Middle East from Iraq? If "it's all about oil" doesn't Saddam have enough oil already? Why did he invade Iran, which has no oil? (Edit: dumb statement, of course Iran has oil. I should let Nadine make this argument, she does it better.) Why does he threaten Israel, which has no oil? Why does he shelter and nurture terrorists that try to kill off his best customers? Why does he run a totalitarian state?

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