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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (124752)	2/16/2004 5:28:21 PM
From: Lou Weed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<<Big difference, in my opinion, between propping up and "running cover" for a despotic and illegitimate tyrant and attempting to create a government that is accountable to its own people (which obviously would like to "encourage" US oil industry companies to help rebuild and modernize their oil infrastructure)..>> The difference now is that instead of the country being ruled by a despotic tyrant with French/Russian companies modernizing the oil industry, it's going to become an American puppet govt. with US cos. modernizing the oil industry instead. Obviously the situation now is much better for the Iraqi people but hey, that was just a nice sidenote in the final act....it certainly wasn't the main plot although it is now being conveniently trumpeted as just that. MON.