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To: Ilaine who wrote (48580)	10/1/2002 4:00:57 PM
From: spiral3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

CB, it's not just all about oil it is about the combination of Nuclear and Oil new forms of warfare come about through combination passenger airliners destroying tall buildings B52's dropping smart bombs whatever, etc 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. it's staring you in the face and yet you refuse to see it.

To: Ilaine who wrote (48580)	10/1/2002 4:38:30 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

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. Both can easily be true. We support Israel for reasons that have nothing to do with oil; our interests in Iraq are basically about oil. Thus, one of the great quandries of American foreign policy in the ME. 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? My only serious source for information on these issues at the moment is Pollock's book. But he argues that the Iranian province Saddam attacked is at the heart of the Iranian oil reserves.