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

To: Just_Observing who wrote (13722)	2/27/2003 4:20:04 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

So what are you doing for Aids and Ebola in Africa? And Global warming? And dying coral reefs? I have as much chance of curing any of those real (or perceived) world ills, as I have in curing your terminal stupidity.. But I can take heart that you'll likely wind up becoming a Darwin Award grand prize winner... And what is this obsession you have with parrots and other feathered avians?? A misspent youth dedicated to practicing Kama Sutra techniques in the hen house?? Hawk

To: Just_Observing who wrote (13722)	2/27/2003 6:15:13 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 25898

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To: Just_Observing who wrote (13722)	2/27/2003 6:38:39 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 25898

Message 18637289

To: Just_Observing who wrote (13722)	2/27/2003 8:41:16 PM
From: Thomas M.	Respond to of 25898

Are you sure that you don't want to change from hawk to parrot? You parrot so well. Well said. Hawk offers long-winded regurgitations of the party line, and reality rarely gets in his way. For example, Hawk states: And those children wouldn't be starving had Saddam not redirected the "oil for food" resources to his military and cronies... This is a bald-faced lie. Myth 6: The Iraqi leadership uses money intended for humanitarian purposes to build palaces and enrich itself. In the years before the oil-for-food program began, it is important to recall that the Iraqi government was distributing food to its civilian population. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in 1995 of the Iraqi rationing system that began in September 1990: "The food basket supplied through the rationing system is a life-saving nutritional benefit which also represents a very substantial income subsidy to Iraqi households." Iraq is pumping almost as much oil today as it did before the Gulf War, but is making less money because of the change in oil prices and the dramatic rise of inflation since 1990. When one considers that three Iraqi dinars could buy $1 in 1990, and today it takes more than 2,000 dinars, the difference in purchasing power between 1990 and today is significant. While Iraq is permitted to sell as much oil as it can pump, these funds are not at the discretion of Saddam Hussein, but are kept in a UN escrow account with the Bank of Paris in New York City. The sanctions, though intended to weaken Iraq’s elite ruling class, only strengthen its political hegemony. With Iraq’s population decimated by hunger, disease, and fear of US and UK bombs, the development of civil society is hampered, as are hopes for pluralism. Iraq’s elite is empowered by a lucrative black market. With the continued devastation caused by sanctions, the Iraqi government can better rally popular support and bitterness against the US government. nonviolence.org Tom