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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PartyTime who wrote (12049)	2/23/2003 2:40:36 PM
From: 2MAR$	Respond to of 25898

There's no mistake about it, the thirst for the oil-fields of Mosul and Kirkuk, and for the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates and for the easy money of the Middle East, is at the top of Bush's agenda. For those who need more graphic evidence, Larry Lindsey, Bush's former top economic advisor states it quite bluntly: "When there is regime change in Iraq, you could add three million to five million barrels (per day) of production to world supply. The successful prosecution of the war would be good for the economy." According to the BBC correspondent in Iraq, Raggi Omar, a full tank, 170 liters of oil, costs just $3 at an Iraqi gas station. At the world market, a barrel of oil, 159 liters, now costs $34. In more mundane terms, a full tank in Iraq costs less than a big scoop of Baskin Robbins ice cream, a rich Jamaica mocha flavor at that. Just think, wouldn't that definitely whet the appetite of the emperor of ice cream? that is probably quite factual...interesting too, that somebody finally points out the strategic value of the rivers and their waters as well. An Iraq with sanctions lifted and infrastructure and oil fields once again in full operations , will be quite a blow to some competing nations . One can understand much of the hysteria/anxiety on the part of some , from this angle.