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Politics : The Iraq War And Beyond -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Chas. who wrote (8772)	4/4/2005 6:46:06 AM
From: Yaacov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9018

Chuck, Thank you for your post. I fully agree that present policy in Iraq is not a winning policy. The Brits, at the hight of the Imperial power in late 1800's had two school thoughs: I believe they were: Forward Policy, and Masterly Inactivity! The forward policy did not not pay, Britain got herself invovled in to loosing invasions of Afganstan (both invasions proved to be desasters!!), creating on SPR by Gen. Percy Sykes and occupation of Southeren Iran between 1916 to 1921, (this was another defeat, no matter what the clains were!,stationing of troops by GeneralDunster (Dunsteforce) in Mashed, across from Russian borders in Transcaspia, and finally occupation of Baku (short and sweet). All were part of the Bolshi Igra, the Great Game that was played between the two super powers, Russia and United Kingdom. Forward policy is often a defeat not a victory, it didn't work then, and it will not work know. This game has to be paid with smartenss and not sheer force. Mistakes have been made, and Bush admin. is the first one to admit that. Pulling out maybe be more harmful than to stay in, it is not an easy question to answer. Regards Alex

To: Chas. who wrote (8772)	4/4/2005 7:58:55 AM
From: Doug R	Respond to of 9018

Just to show you how arrogant and stupid US foreign policy (under bushco) is we've spent $300 billion to invade Iraq to steal their oil (causing 10s of thousands to be killed), have tried to overthrow the Chavez government in Venezuela and now threaten Iran. China has quietly entered into long-term contracts with many of these countries. It has invested $15 billion in foreign oil fields and expects to invest 10 times more over the next decade. Virtually all Canadian oil pipelines go south to satisfy the US Midwest. That will soon change. Chinese and Canadian companies are negotiating to build a pipeline from northern Alberta west to British Columbia. China signed a deal with Venezuela and neighboring Colombia to construct a pipeline linking Venezuelan oil fields to ports along Colombia's Pacific Coast. This will allow China to bypass the US-dominated Panama Canal. China recently signed a 25-year oil and gas deal with Iran. It is investigating the construction of a canal across the Isthmus of Kram, southern Thailand, which would allow it to bypass the Straights of Malacca, which is under US Navy control. axisoflogic.com