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To: SARMAN who wrote (273840)	2/2/2010 9:32:38 AM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Sarmaniac, they have an avowed intention to hack off my head. I am not spewing hatred, I love them as they love me on that excellent Christian principle - do unto others as they wish to do unto me. It's amusing that you can't understand that a gift from nature is as much a gift as somebody making a donation. If the Arabs didn't know they had oil but simply got the money without having to have those foreigners produce the oil.... no, reasoning with maniacs is pointless. It's best to just do unto others... good and hard... but then I keep forgetting your double agent status. Mqurice

To: SARMAN who wrote (273840)	2/2/2010 11:16:10 AM
From: Hawkmoon	1 Recommendation Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

The Arab countries that you talk about did not get a handout, thus, we did not give it to them. Who are you kidding? Most of these Arab states would not exist today were it not for the efforts of the West. The west defeated their imperial Ottoman masters and gave them the opportunity to unite. And were it not for our technological advances, there would have been none of the machinery available that is required to drill for water (which is what the Saudis were ORIGINALLY looking for), not to mention oil. It was American, British, and French technology that gave these Arab countries the ability to exploit their natural resources. And ultimately, what they received in exchange were efforts to forcibly nationalize their businesses and seize their assets. Kind of like Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. And look at his economy now. Hawk