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

To: Ed Huang who wrote (23400)	3/20/2003 12:01:40 PM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25898

Re: The world already see clearly Iraq war for U.S./Israel is just the first step for their Middle East agenda. The next big take over targets include other major OPEC countries in the region. On one side is a powerful aggressor with a very greedy boss behind it, on the other side are the main powers above who would desperately defend their interests in the region. You fell for the "scramble-for-oil" baloney, didn't you? That war ain't for oil!! Nor is it waged for Saddam's elusive WMD... The hidden, taboo crux of the war is Jerusalem and the nature of an eventual Palestinian state. As far as oil is concerned, the US already is Iraq's chief customer: AMANPOUR: The fact is, Mr. President, that in America many people think it's just because you are a friend, a pal of Saddam Hussein. That you have had long contacts with him, that you help build the nuclear reactor there, that there are the oil deals. You invited Saddam Hussein to France. There is a famous picture of you toasting him. They think it is about a personal and a business relationship. CHIRAC: (laughter) That's myth, so to speak. Or controversy, if you will. I did indeed meet President Saddam Hussein when he was vice president in 1974 and '75, or '75 and '76. Never since. But in those days everybody had excellent relations with Saddam Hussein and with the Baath party. In those days it was seen as a modern party. Everybody had contacts with them. [...] As for oil import, they only account for 8 percent of Iraqi exports. The U.S. is importing five or six times more Iraqi petrol and Iraqi oil than we are importing. So these alleged motivations are clearly not serious motivations. cnn.com And that's what's really scary about the ongoing conflict --it's deeply IRRATIONAL. If we compare the Middle East with a chessboard then Jerusalem is the King that the Zionists want to keep, Iraq is the Arabs' Queen... If the Zionists manage to take out the Arab Queen then the Muslim world is left with... pawns --Arafat, Mubarak, Assad, etc.