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To: jttmab who wrote (147785)	10/13/2004 5:29:33 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I think you are confusing Haliburton selling to Libya vs his lobbying efforts to sell to Iran. He can claim ignorance re Libya - I don't believe it for a second, any CEO should be apprised of international risk - but as for the Iran issue, he was the one leading the lobbying efforts and knew full well what he was doing. I agree with him that unilateral sanctions are not a useful tool - although lets be real, he had a choice. He put profit ahead of patriotism and national policy. You'd think a real conservative "leader" would have taken the honorable route rather than the expedient route to profit. My point is that one day with one hat on he says doing business with Iran is just fine; the next day with another hat on its wholly evil. Suddenly patriotism and national policy matter again. Does not compute.