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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (97635)	3/11/2005 11:05:44 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

As some former critics are now realizing, Bush was right that there is a universal human craving for freedom and liberty. And that removing a couple of the worst dictatorial regimes in the region would kick off a process of transforming the ME for the better as has happened elsewhere in the world in the past. While the process may be long and sometimes difficult, it's for the best. Re. the WMD stockpiles that both the Bush and Clinton administrations and foreign intelligence operations said existed, if they did exist I hope they are found. We certainly know Saddam had such stockpiles in the past and used them. If however, there were no longer any stockpiled WMD's in Iraq by 2003 (and Saddam for some strange reason had resisted proving that to the UN for a dozen years and thus getting the UN sanctions removed), then that is wonderful news. The possibility that our troops would have WMD's used against them was a big worry. It's great that didn't happen. The absence of WMD stockpiles in Iraq is great news in another way also - it means we stopped Saddam in time. Because we know from the Duelfer report that Saddam preserved his programs to produce WMD's in the future and that he intended to produce WMd's in the future. Since he'd used WMD's before, we should all be happy he won't get that chance again. Did you note the question marks in the rhetoricals? Sure. It's never easy for people to admit they were wrong. Perhaps all we need is a new puppets installed in Iran, Syria and Jordan? I'd prefer letting them choose their own rulers. I find it interesting to see that people of the left don't much like that prospect when it comes right down to it. The sun will never set on the American oil interests. That's already true. US oil companies operate in Africa, Russia, southeast Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe now. They even operate a few little places in the ME, though most of the countries there have national oil companies. This has nothing directly to do with the transformation of the ME except that a major supply region might be more secure in the future. BTW there are no American oil companies operating in Iraq or Kuwait even though both countries have had major US troop presence in them for some time now. Both countries have national oil companies and while they may someday choose to let foreign companies in, IMO the prospects of that isn't very likely. Could happen but I wouldn't hold my breath. Would be good of course, because the national oil companies almost always under-invest (because the politicians take away their earnings).