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To: Alighieri who wrote (154482)	11/5/2002 11:23:17 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1578965

This is a fight about oil, run by oil men using fear and the backdrop of 9/11 to deceive gullible Americans into sending their sons and daughters to kill and die. The notion that we are motivated by the oil is a stupid one put forth by the liberals almost offhandedly, obviously without thought. 1) What exactly is your suggestion about what is going to happen with Iraq's oil? Do you think we're going to defeat Saddam, then move in and steal the oil? 2) If the oil begins flowing from Iraq into the open market, AND if we don't just steal it from them, then who is ultimately the beneficiary? American oil companies are going to refine and sell the amount of oil Americans demand -- no more, no less. The beneficiaries are the Iraqi people, UNLESS Saddam is still in power, in which case the beneficiary is Saddam. Why can't liberals see this obvious fact? 3) It is at least as reasonable for me to refer to you and Baghdad Jim as "gullible" with respect to the chronic stream of lies coming out of Iraq. Who is REALLY "gullible"?

To: Alighieri who wrote (154482)	11/5/2002 11:46:37 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578965

RE:"This is a fight about oil, run by oil men using fear and the backdrop of 9/11 to deceive gullible Americans into sending their sons and daughters to kill and die." Oil? Maybe indirectly. Oil is the American way of life. How do you get to the grocery store? Do you drive a car? There are a few reasons we put up with this middle east crap. Now we have to clean it up.