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

To: Just_Observing who wrote (6290)	4/1/2003 8:02:22 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21614

I don't think so, Syria might be the next. and then maybe Iran. Pakistan already has nuclear weapons, I don't think the US really has the guts. Not to mention it is next to China. Just this Iraq will keep the US busy for the next 18 months to say the least.

To: Just_Observing who wrote (6290)	4/1/2003 8:46:55 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Spoils of war: Washington Post reports generous political contributors, including Halliburton, still in line for special treatment on contracts to rebuild Iraq. Halliburton dropped out of the prime contractor designation because of its close and continuing association with Cheney. But Halliburton can be a subcontractor--perhaps even better because they're out of the headlines. The contracts will be administered by U.S. Agency for International Development, under the guise of aid to Iraq. (translation--aid for worthy friends and contributors) Art