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To: abuelita who wrote (14631)	3/15/2003 6:56:15 AM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

more disturbing is They are sitting on billions. I would think it would easily cover expenses. .... go in and kill 'em and they can pay for it!!! Well duh. <g> If you want to take what I'm saying and pull it out of context you can make your point. But if you put it back into context and follow along and understand that I'm merely questioning the argument that says "We don't have the money to rebuild Iraq." I keep reading one part of the argument saying how it will crush our economy because of the financial burden of rebuilding their nation. I don't think it will cost us much money because the money that pays for it is sitting in the ground. There are billions of dollars down there waiting to be pumped up that could possibly cause energy prices to drop as soon as the spicket is turned on. If that helps drop the price of energy it benefits our economy. It benefits everyone's economy. It allows the consumer to put their money to other things besides energy. It allows producers to turn more of a profit. It makes it cheaper to travel. It spurs on a lot of economic growth. And what ever Iraq sells goes toward building a new democracy instead of going into Saddam's pocket. Before long Western influences my open up many opportunities for their people. (But that is another argument.) So if someone is arguing that the financial costs are too high, I'm questioning how. Maybe you understand the point I am disputing now. If you are looking for a person to argue with you that the whole thing is not disturbing, I'm not that person. If you want to argue that it's disturbing that we can even look at the economics of this, then maybe you are right. But he started it! <vbg> <The following is said with sincerity and without sarcasm> Look darlin' I know exactly where you stand in regards to this war stuff and I admire you and respect you for it. I even agree with you on the most part. I'm able to see both sides of this argument and agree with certain aspects of each. Maybe it's because my family and I live on the bullseye. However I'm not comfortable with either side so I question things a lot. It helps me to feel more comfortable with my positions. I hope I didn't get you angry with this discussion because that was not my intent. -FenceSitter