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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (109583)	8/3/2003 9:16:42 AM
From: Sidney Reilly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Oh come on.. Name me one President who didn't appoint millionaires to their cabinet? And given the seeming definition of "super-rich" nowadays, none of them even qualify for that title.. I said they serve the super rich elite establishment, not they are the super rich elite establishment. The super rich elite establishment are their puppet masters, and Bush's too. That's being disingenuous Sidney... You can take any war in history and claim it was fought for "business interests".. Thanks for agreeing with me. The French certainly opposed an invasion of Iraq out of THEIR OWN "business interests", namely receiving lucrative oil deals from Saddam. The Russians were the same way.. There are many facets to the motives of the Germans, the French, and the US. The EU had been wooing the oil rich countries to keep their oil wealth closer to home in the euro instead of American dollars. Look at how the US finances it's deficits. It has to sell treasury bonds. Somebody has to buy them. If they don't where's the money going to come from? One big buyer is the oil rich middle east countries. If the EU can pull that money into the EU the US will lose a very substantial source of income. If that ever happens they will have to raise taxes so much the people would revolt, or cut federal spending substantially. That would ripple through our economy like a raging forest fire. If we lose the financial war with the EU we will suffer heavy losses. So we had to be strong in the middle east region and keep them investing in the American dollar. This threat hanging over the Saudi's now is like a hammer waiting to fall should they ever stop investing in the dollar. The Saudi terrorist connection card can be played by the US anytime. If the Saudi's have a connection to the 9-11 attacks the American people would say go get them.