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To: epicure who wrote (176460)	11/30/2005 9:26:44 AM
From: Lou Weed	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<<Every time I hear about the dastardly bribes by France and Russia, it's pretty hard not to just laugh at people, because the bribes we sent out (in terms of foreign aid packages and gimmes on all manner of foreign aid disputes- the ramifications of which will be felt for a very long time) were SO spectacular.>> I remember arguing this exact same point a couple of years ago with a long gone regular on this board (Nadine). It was with regards to Total/ELF Fina and Russian oil companies that were profiting from Iraqi oil in the 90s versus our foreign aid policies and their ramifications. Whats that adage about the pot calling the kettle black.......funny really in hindsight, if you take a look at Halliburton revenues and their stockchart since 2003. finance.yahoo.com MON.