In article <[email hidden]>, "Dave Hansen"
Quoted message said:It is as much about George W. avenging the hit that Irag put out on his Daddy when he was
president as it is oil. They haven't found anything yet (the inspectors) Even if they don't you
can bet he comes up with an excuse to attack Iraq after imobilizing that many resources.
Personally I think Korea is the bigger threat. I wish GW would put 1/2 that much energy into
getting our economy in gear instead of some lame 1/2 ass attempt as he has in the past few
days. Dave
P.S. if you lived out here ALL the time and filled your car everyday with Arco, you would switch
after a bit when your car starting pinging all the time. I use Union 76 (didn't see it on
either list)
Back in about 1990, there was a report (I'll look up some info on this tomorrow) that was done on
Iraq by Paul Wolfowitz and a bunch of other hawks (most of whom are now involved in the W
administration). Its premise was that if the US set up a "democratic" government in Iraq that was
favorable to US interests, we could turn up the volume of oil coming out of Iraq (which has the
second largest proven oil reserves in the world) and then shut out the Saudis and anyone else who
wasn't cooperating with us. This report was universally condemned at the time as empire building.
Well, as I said, all those people are in charge now, and guess what? The plan seems to have been
fired up. W will find any excuse to get in there. He's been sending troops and hardware for
weeks. Think that's cheap? It's funny to hear them say the North Korea situation can be settled
with negotiation. But they won't talk to the Koreans. What seems to escape the view of the
shouting heads in the media is this: even if Kim Jung Il did decide to launch a missile, the US
would wipe him and the rest of the North Korean government from the planet so fast that we'd miss
it if we blinked. There'd be a line of people from his government around the block to stop him
from doing it: they'd like to continue to exist. The North Koreans have a history of acting
badly, then seeing what they can get from the US and others to make them stop. It seems to be
their national MO. But you know that the "negotiating" would end the instant oil was discovered
on the Korean peninsula, right? "We can cover two fronts!" Right. Let's get some tips on that one
from [censored]. As far as Iraq goes, I heard a story on the radio last week that some congressmen
had gotten a report drawn up by the intelligence agencies on Iraq. They said that they wanted to
publisize the findings, so the report was done in a manner that got all the secret [censored] out.
Conclusion: the same one that we've been hearing from W for weeks. Attack! But they said the
original report actually said that all of these agencies believed Saddam would not use any
weapons he had, if, in fact, he actually had any, unless he was attacked. Then it would be total
scorched earth, nothing-left-standing destruction. Saddam is NOT going to quietly go into exile
somewhere. When he goes, he's going to make sure it's ugly for all concerned. There's a lot more
to this, but its late, so... I've used Arco for years with no pinging or other side effects. But
everyone's car behaves a bit different when it comes to things like this. I like Arco because
it's the least expensive gas around here, while 76 is the most expensive. I used to work down the
street from a gas distribution center. All the trucks filled up at the same tanks, then drove up
to a place where various additive packages where put in. I remember trucks from 76, Arco, Beacon
and a couple others coming out of there.
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tanx, Howard
remove YOUR SHOES to reply, k?
For some people, quantity IS quality...
