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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (29451)	2/26/2003 7:13:02 PM
From: gypsees	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 57110

I don't think it will be very much longer before we make a more defined move. I found out a few minutes ago that my nephew is now somewhere in or around Kuwait. This move from Spain has been within the last two weeks. We haven't been able to communitcate via email for awhile now. Everyone keep your fingers crossed and say a little prayer - for all of us I suppose. He is in the CB division - they build infrastructure type things for the most part I "think". Bridges, runways etc.. I remember during Desert Storm I was very surprised both by the swiftness of it and the low count of casualties for our side. I am really hoping everyone is right and this will be quick too and we don't loose a lot of people. I'd rejoice if we didn't loose anyone at all. The fear of chemical and nuclear weapons is very much in the front of my mind. I still feel that something may have been used on the troops that were in desert storm causing all those illnesses. I read a post somewhere that said Saddam was ready to evacuate then. I don't know if that's accurate or not but if it is, maybe he will crawl back under a rock somewhere just before one of those daisy cutters hits it ;o)...

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (29451)	2/26/2003 8:09:59 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Respond to of 57110

of course we disagree... and I do not follow your conclusions. we would drop our support of israel and lift the trade sanctions against saddam. the power, influence and interests that control policy dictate we do not drop such support or withdraw said sanctions. opec would be tripping over their collective coffee tables running after each other trying to find a way of keeping oil prices above $20/barrel. --we ARE awash in oil.-- (at least we were not too long ago...) and remember during the crisis in the 70's we were about to run out of oil... right ? at this moment in time, the price is dictated by market forces saying... we will be in a war and who knows how this war will turn out to be... then if we are starting to increase reserve requirements that given such war we FEAR we won't have enough... pushing the price of oil up.... so who controls oil, and more to the point, Iraqui oil, is very important. not to mention at what price.... As of the year 2000, Iraq decided to price its oil in Euros, this is not good for US interest as the potential for the value of the US dollar as an attractive currency will be in jeopardy... this will be a defining moment in world history if the war goes well and iraq is liberated and a democracy is developed. yes, at a considerable risk that the involvement could extend both in time and locations that at best places important questions as to the strategy to follow. Apparently the idea that the US will simply "walk" through Iraq is a given... and that further terrorist acts will disappear is also assumed I seriously doubt that such will be the case... bottom line is we disagree on the method to solve this problem, not on the fundamental problem that Saddam represents. take Saddam out of the picture and the Muslim dislike for anything "Western" will not disappear... we need to work on a better relationship with one another... otherwise, this entire charade will become a global Israel vs Paestinia charade.... we bomb you, you bomb us... until there nothing else to bomb.... the oil fiefdoms are shaking in their boots i'm sure. well, as they should.... however, they still have the support and protection of the USA... so they can't be shaking too hard... in fact, by having Malaysia propsing the Dinar... they are creating a buffer just in case the US does finally decide to withdraw the support to these monarchs.... We are walking into the halls of hell itself and we do not even know it