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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DavesM who wrote (287385)	8/15/2002 11:07:09 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

"I guess, that I am imagining this website too. NOTE THE DATE" The date is noted and you will also agree that Saddam was not considered a major threat in 1999. The Bushies have decreed that he is the leader of the "axis of evil" and must go, by invasion if necessary. So I ask again why are we supporting him.....can't W stop it? It is written below that he is using the oil money for weapons... from the website you provided.... "Contract holds are not the problem. It is Saddam Hussein who continues to reject UN recommendations for ordering adequate amounts of food and other basic humanitarian goods. Instead, he seeks to use the oil-for-food program to rebuild his army and export oil in order to build palaces and obtain luxuries for his family and regime supporters. Holds on inappropriate contracts help prevent the diversion of oil-for-food goods to further Saddam's personal interests. Only A Small Number Of Contracts On Hold... Proposed oil-for-food contracts must be approved by all members of a committee made up of Security Council member states. Only a small number of such contracts are put on hold."