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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mike M who wrote (144)	9/11/2001 9:33:27 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27666

Mike M., Thanks for your views. As to what I have built, I was a general contractor for 25 years so I haven't a clue as to what you mean by you have built nothing and deserve even less. As to what we were doing in Viet Nam, I'd say that we both might want to get back to the topic of today. I seem to have pushed one of your buttons. Though perhaps in passing, you might be able to explain to me how it is that Chevron signed a contract for oil exploration leases with the French for a tract off of Haiphong harbor** in 1964. As I recall, that wasn't part of the French empire any longer. Fighting communism with contracts? I suppose that's a lot more humane than carpet bombing. In the event, it does turn out that it was some demented attempt at world domination. For, you see, the tracts recently proved to be barren of oil. Regards, Ray **For the youngsters on the thread, this was the main port in North Viet Nam before the country was reunited at the end of hostilities, clearly not territory that Chevron or the French could legitimately lay claim to, except in the minds of some clever lawyers.