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To: quehubo who wrote (96136)	4/24/2003 9:00:53 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

<we will need to keep a large military presence in Iraq for 10-20 years in order to ensure we can attract the billions of dollars of investment needed.> A self-defeating proposition. Hard to attract investment money to a war zone, which is what it'll be if we try to keep our army there that long. I have a better idea. The costs of production of Canada's Alberta Tar Sands is down in the 7-11$/b range. They have proven amounts in the ground of enough tar sand to produce 315 billion barrels of oil. That's billion with a B. Not all economically recoverable, but even if only half is, you don't need any Persian Gulf oil. For comparison, Saudi Arabia's oil reserves total 260 billion barrels. Take the money you want to spend, in an unsuccessful attempt to garrison the ME oil fields, and spend them on friendlier ground. Message 18876136