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

To: jlallen who wrote (19657)3/12/2003 9:07:32 AM
From: Doug R  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 25898
 
If it was about oil.....

As we have stated before, Bush needed some catastrophe such as 9-11 to justify an endless war on multiple fronts. He needed it to provide cover for an oil grab. Of course, a superpower such as the United States always acts on a nexus of reasons and in pursuit of multiple goals, but greed for oil has been a major impetus

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To: jlallen who wrote (19657)3/12/2003 9:15:37 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 25898
 
>>Why did we not appropriate the Kuwaiti fields?<<

In 1991, our purpose, as stated by then President Bush, was to protect the markets in the West from loss of Kuwaiti oil, and possibily Saudi oil as well, if the Iraqis kept on moving south. Ownership of Kuwaiti oil was not a factor, but availability of that oil for western markets was the MAIN reason for going into to Kuwait.

Art


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