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

To: Thomas M. who wrote (17415)	5/14/2003 3:57:49 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 21614

WHERE HAVE ALL THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION GONE? newyorker.com With George W. Bush proudly proclaiming victory in Iraq, many worldwide continue to ask, "Where are the weapons of mass destruction?" In the U.S., "Some [Congressional] members are beginning to ask and to wonder, but cautiously," a senior legislative aide told the New Yorker's Seymour Hersh. "For many, it makes little difference. We vanquished a bad guy and liberated the Iraqi people. Some are astute enough to recognize that the alleged imminent W.M.D. threat to the U.S. was a pretext. I sometimes have to pinch myself when friends or family ask with incredulity about the lack of W.M.D., and remind myself that the average person has the idea that there are mountains of the stuff over there, ready to be tripped over. The more time elapses, the more people are going to wonder about this, but I don't think it will sway U.S. public opinion much. Everyone loves to be on the winning side." SOURCE: The New Yorker, May 12, 2003 To discuss this story in the PR Watch Forum, visit: prwatch.org

To: Thomas M. who wrote (17415)	5/14/2003 1:44:23 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 21614

Yes, although both Iraq and especially Iran went through a lot to nationalize the oil, and they all are very well aware of what that process took, there are more indirect ways achieving the same thing. That is, more indirect than direct "privatizing auctions" to the highest bidder with enough cash, or emissions of some shares to iraqi citizens, who then can try to buy some food for them. Lots of debts is also efficient, just like with sharecroppers, especially if the price of oil can be driven suitably low. Btw, were the saudi long term contracts of special bonus oil ever published?? (after war I)