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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sojourner Smith who wrote (4207)	3/27/2003 10:13:06 PM
From: Doug R	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Ok...I'll go slow for you. There is a risk that China may see US control of ME oil as a threat to China's security and/or prospects for their modernization programs. IF they perceive a threat (that's all it takes now...just a perception of threat since PNAC got the pre-emption ball rolling) they may behave in such a way that becomes a perceived threat to the US. From there the possibilities of escalation to real and specific threats is no longer as far off as was prior to the pre-emption fad. My post was not addressing the Iraq invasion as a war for oil (I addressed that in other posts) it was addressing ME control of oil as a starting point for future bases of conflict. I think you would agree that future armed conflicts should be kept to a minimum?

To: Sojourner Smith who wrote (4207)	3/27/2003 11:52:34 PM
From: BEEF JERKEY	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21614

Its all about oil. Iraq has the second largest oil reserves in the world with 90% of the country still unexplored. The current U.S. base in Saudi is not that certain for the long term. Iran, Iraq and other ME nations have been pricing their oil in euro-dollars, a move that directly threatens the U.S. dollar and therefor the U.S. standard of living. Strategically, exerting influence on the ME makes the influence of the U.S. greater. The post Iraqi oil business is already being cut up with a huge chunk going to Haliburton - Cheney's old company. That this war is about freeing the Iraqi people is spin and nothing else. Without oil Bush wouldn't give a flying F$%# about Iraq.