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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (112525)8/24/2003 10:34:27 PM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Hi Nadine Carroll; Re: "Are you referring to the Syrian fedayeen and the Ba'athist remnants as "the local population"?"

Good point! I'll rewrite my statement taking your insight into account. Unfortunately, it's even worse for us, LOL:

If Bush has proved anything in going into Iraq, it's that even a small minority of the local population has "veto power" over the pumping of oil."

That means that taking over the oil of a country is even harder, as you have to pretty much please ALL of the locals.

A similar thing happens in the advanced countries, by the way. Look at the US attempts to pump oil from that oil field up in Alaska that pisses off the eco freaks.

-- Carl
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