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To: Machaon who wrote (473)	1/13/2002 7:12:47 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6945

Tyrants are all the same, selfish, greedy, immoral and destructive. Yes, I don't have much time for them myself. Terrible to see retired people lose their hard earned life's savings. No doubt now cannot afford medical help and die in pain and squalor. I'll re quote my previous post to you. I have emboldened the relevant sentences. Feel free to comment on those. The truth of the matter is, when it comes to the political "sound bytes" on Tee Vee, the USA authorities can show some nice graphs how food has been granted. Well aware of the fact that, without transport, it cannot be distributed. This is lies and deceit to the world public of the first order. My post clearly indicates the USA officials are not working with other members of the team, and have their own agenda. i.e. are not part of the ROW. You ain't gonna win many more wars that way imho. Here is my post for another read ========================================================= My experience of USA officials... they're past masters of showing someone else as a problem (like you or me), when they in fact are holding the reins, and hide the fact by using paperwork, delays, all sorts of ruses. World class experts. So, if you cannot export or import without these guys putting in their tuppance, yes..they control the economy lock stock and barrel. Try and run an economy without imports and exports. If they are causing genuine grief, that cannot be laid at Saddam's door, it will cause lasting damage for the USA in that region. It has been going on for a decade now. edit some quotes from the link snip Some figures: The U.S. acted alone in holding $2.72bn in contracts The U.S. acted jointly with the UK to hold an additional $.54bn In contrast, the UK acted alone to hold only an additional $.06bn Holds by other countries (China, the Ukraine, and Ireland) are extremely rare, and total only $.005bn. U.S. holds targeted almost all sectors of the economy In addition to the quantity of U.S. holds, and its isolation in applying them, the report also shows that holds were applied indiscriminately across almost all sectors of the Iraq economy. "Food basket" was the only sector left untouched (though even "food handling" equipment was heavily targeted). The data in the report raise serious questions: If the U.S. is applying holds as chartered by the program, then why is it so often acting alone? If the U.S. is targeting dual use goods, then why are the holds applied so indiscriminately? ... recalls the old adage, where "For want of a nail ... a horseshoe, then horse, then knight, then kingdom were lost In practical terms, every single hold's disruptive leverage is magnified due to the functional dependencies among related goods. . As OIP Executive Director Benon Sevan told Reuters (Aug 15, 2000), "the nature of the goods (on hold) made them essential to the whole operation. 'You can't distribute supplies if you don't have trucks'". As others have elaborated, you can't use syringes without needles, you can't store medicines without refrigeration, and you can't repair an oil well head or tanker port unless all the machinery is at hand. unsnip