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To: damniseedemons who wrote (154538)	3/21/2003 7:16:25 AM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

Now it's official: most Americans are idiots. Hey, he stole GST's line. And that's not the only one. This guy got published? "Ted Rall is the author of "Gas War: The Truth Behind the American Occupation of Afghanistan" ... I bet he thinks the CIA planned 9/11. And that Elvis was abducted by aliens.

To: damniseedemons who wrote (154538)	3/21/2003 8:31:07 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Ther are people on this thread who continue to assert that there is a solid al Qaeda--Iraqi axis... Pure hogwash, but you will find a lot of that sort of twisting and turning on this thread to justify US foreign policy.

To: damniseedemons who wrote (154538)	3/21/2003 1:41:44 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 164684

I know the european byline was that Bush was after Iraqi oil. I never believed it... but now that I see absolutely no evidence of chemical weapons or WMDs and iraqis ambivalent about the entire exercise (they are not "giving up" in droves although they aren't exactly going down for their country either)... I believe now that the main motivation was indeed to break up OPEC. Not quite the same as the US taking over iraqi oilfields but the result as far as the US is concerned is basically the same. It also removes us from Saudi influence. There is a Bill Kristol commentary on the web somewhere that says essentially this, I am trying to find it. I am not in favor of this type of bullying, my view is we should spend huge dollars on one of the battery alternative fuel sources vs. waging any kind of war, anywhere for oil. I'm sure if we spent billions on alternative fuels, the same $$ that this war cost, we would prevail and solve the problem here at home.