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To: John McCarthy who wrote (17137)	7/29/2006 5:55:42 PM
From: Gib Bogle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78419

Supposedly the reason for invading Iraq was to remove the dangerous Saddam Hussein. Hussein is now history. What's the plan now? To use Iraq as a staging ground for more military operations in the region? We seem to be entering a period of permanent war. It is Orwellian.

To: John McCarthy who wrote (17137)	7/29/2006 10:17:10 PM
From: Proud Deplorable	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78419

Fantastic Report, thanks. There is a better world coming if this trend continues after the corporate fascists are gone. Living in North America is now a very dangerous proposition. Can anyone help me get out of here and into Australia or New Zealand, out of the line of fire?

To: John McCarthy who wrote (17137)	7/31/2006 10:56:16 PM
From: David Bogdanoff	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 78419

"BOLIVIA seized facilities of foreign gas and oil producers using military force, it has expropriated one fifth of the country's land, and warned of changes in mining and other sectors. " This is incorrect, if not hysterical. The gas and oil in Bolivia is Bolivian, not "foreign". Some of it is extracted by foreign companies persuant to contracts with the Bolivian government. The Bolivian government has called for renegotiation of these contracts, with higher returns to Bolivia expected, but this is not expropriation. No expropriation of foreign properties has taken place. Many think it unlikely that there will be any expropriation for two reasons. One is that the Bolivian oil ministry lacks sufficient resources to operate the facilities. The other is that it would be too disruptive to foreign investment in general. Hope that clarifies things for the readers. Bogtalk