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To: michael97123 who wrote (155713)	1/9/2005 11:43:07 AM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<Idealism some times is in line with realism> and sometimes it is completely out of line, if not an outright sham. If we wanted to remake the middle east, 500 pound bombs are not going to do it. Remaking the middle east is beyond our capability, acting unilaterally. We had other routes we could have gone, but ideology got in the way.

To: michael97123 who wrote (155713)	1/9/2005 7:24:23 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

<I dont get the keep oil off the markets to keep oil prices as high as an admin goal.> Think who benefits from things happening and then look to see who is able to cause those things to happen. Who benefits from high oil prices? Did keeping Saddam's oil off the market cause prices to be higher? Who caused that to happen? Way back when the Shah of Iran was in power, he was worried about what the USA would think of oil prices being high and he was told don't worry about that!! The USA wasn't worried. You know why. Whether the USA and COW would have invaded Iraq if the present was known, or not, is now hypothetical. I won't pursue the question. Suffice to say that things have NOT gone as planned or expected. Much worse. Mqurice