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To: KLP who wrote (171657)	10/1/2005 1:39:14 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

Republicans do indeed want war because war is hugely profitable for the likes of Halliburton, Bechtel and all of the other defense contractors. Halliburton used to have some 1/4 of its people working on Iraq. That there is some huge business. $8.8 BILLION of Iraqi oil money disappeared under Bush. That there is some huge wads of cash. The Iraqi defense ministry has managed to lose some $1 BILLION. That's pretty serious money as well. Iraq is simply a money laundering scheme for Republicans and their cronies. US taxpayer money from working families goes into the pot and Halliburton, Bechtel, Custer Battles, Blackwater, GE, GM, etc. etc. get it coming out the other side whether or not they do one lick of work to earn it. Heck, even Subway is having a go of it in Iraq. Republican ignorance and gullibility is astonishing but no longer an acceptable excuse. I blame YOU for Bush and for Iraq.

To: KLP who wrote (171657)	10/1/2005 4:26:12 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I don't believe the administration because they were wrong. That's a pretty good reason not to believe someone. So far you are wrong too- about Salman Pak. It's a tough spot, I understand. Track records, you know? Sometimes it's good to look at that. I think the American people (at least a majority of them) have come to that conclusion. I suspect they wanted a war because without understanding the region, they thought it would be a lot easier to have a "regime change" than it is turning out to be. All the rhetoric from this administration makes it appear they understood Iraq not at all. Bush began to believe his own myth after 9/11 and sometimes that kind of event driven mythos turns on a guy. I almost feel sorry for him, but not quite.