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To: TimF who wrote (7880)	12/22/2006 4:08:05 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

Not fantasy. You can google April Glaspie, Kuwait, Saddam and see what she said and I suppose you understand that ambassadors don't say such things without specific approval. And specific approval is given for purposes. A couple of years before that, I predicted "a bullet through the middle east" as a stratagem to increase oil price by cutting some competition out of the supply equation. Hey presto! A BP Oil colleague and I were discussing oil and geopolitics. It was an easy conclusion to reach. Who benefits? That's always a good question when one considers events. Especially when there is evidence such as April Glaspie's involvement. No, you don't need global acceptance of the NUN to get it going. All that's needed is a constitution. One tiny country could be the first to join. Norfolk Island could do it. If others like the constitution, they'll sign up in droves. Perhaps you are thinking a NUN would be something requiring force against the will of majorities in countries. Not at all. If some people want to live barbarian primitive lives, they would provide tourist attraction like the Amish, primitive villages in Africa, Kazakhstan, and would even be protected, like chimpanzees, as interesting artifacts. Iraq could single-handedly start a NUN and see who joins. <To get a NUN you need widespread acceptance across the world. Not acceptance by one country with under 30 million people. > They have a lot of oil. That alone might attract a lot of membership. 30 million is also a good customer base. Iraq is also geographically convenient. Pleasantly warm most of the time. Mqurice