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Politics : Attack Iraq? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Doren who wrote (5029)	3/23/2003 7:04:56 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8683

Doren. You said....." 3) I do not buy the claim this war is about getting rid of Saddam because he is a bad guy. I think it's about replacing him with a more pliant government so we will have more stable access to oil. We love brutal dictators as long as they are our brutal dictators."..... Message 18741864 " The largest of Iraq's oilfields slated for post-sanctions development is Majnoon, with reserves of 12-20 billion barrels of 28o-35o API oil, and located 30 miles north of Basra on the Iranian border. French company TotalFinaElf reportedly has signed a deal with Iraq on development rights for Majnoon. " eia.doe.gov " When you hear these Saddam Hussein apologists saying this is a war for oil - no, it's not a war for American oil, it's a war for French and German oil," he said. cnsnews.com

To: Doren who wrote (5029)	3/23/2003 8:47:20 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Respond to of 8683

<<3) I do not buy the claim this war is about getting rid of Saddam because he is a bad guy. I think it's about replacing him with a more pliant government so we will have more stable access to oil. >> The french, Chirac, wanted that, that's why he did NOT want a war. Chirac saw his 30-yr freindship with, and support of saddam's butchery as the path to cheap oil. <<We love brutal dictators as long as they are our brutal dictators. >> Doren, show me one dictator in our times who has killed well over one million people. I dont' think even the sick head case in N Korea can claim that !