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I knew about the pipeline desires. But that's not that same as being able
to drill holes in the ground and pump oil out. If Bin Laden had been able
to do that in Afghanistan, he might have gotten fat and happy and not kept
poking tigers with sharp sticks.
Kent
----- Original Message -----
From: <tradewynne@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [RT] Humor, a little more reality for ya
> How much oil does Afghaistan have?
Um, er, we were in Afghanistan before Bin Laden ;-). You know
what they say: "location, location, location."
http://members.tripod.com/~KELSAGHIR/Caspian/index
I agree those are bad guys we're after, but "we" (as in the PTB) have
agendas too.
BW
--- In realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Kent Rollins" <kentr@xxxx> wrote:
> >The Saudi's have always been in our pocket, now we've got
> >Afghanistan, next we'll own Iraq. And if we somehow succeed in
>
> How much oil does Afghaistan have? I suspect that if it had any
oil, Bin
> Laden would have done things a little differently.
>
> >Don't you
> >get it yet? Its their oil, and we want it.
>
> Don't you get it? It's their terrorism that we don't want.
Taliban: gone.
> Al Qaeda: home base mostly squashed. Bin Laden: on the run. US
> Constitution: in great peril from US Congress.
>
> One real danger is the Chinese picking up the terror thing and
running with
> it. There are several papers written by Chinese generals in recent
years on
> "asymmetric warfare" aka terrorism. The thing is, nothing gets
people fired
> up like religion (well there's drugs but stoned, paranoid terrorists
> wouldn't make it thru customs) and the Chinese don't really like
religion so
> they're kind of up a tree on that one (and there's freedom but the
godless
> Commies don't really like that either). But if they could figure
out a way
> to keep bad guys motivated against the US, I don't doubt that they
would try
> it.
>
> But of course, I think the Chinese know that with their population,
all they
> have to do is sit back and let their economy grow. In the long
run, time is
> on their side.
>
> Kent
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bruce.larson@xxxx>
> To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:20 AM
> Subject: [RT] Re: Humor, a little song for ya
>
>
> Well, its the Frogs, the Krauts and the Russkies that are now doing
> everything in their power to stall this war. But what does Saddam
> have to do with terrorists? I posted this here well over a year
ago,
> but given the mutual antagonism between Saddam (Ba'athe socialist)
> and Bin Laden (ultra orthodox Sunni), there's no way in hell they're
> bedfellows. Our administration is pulling the wool over our
> collective eyes by making all Muslims out to be badguys. Don't you
> get it yet? Its their oil, and we want it. Just look at an atlas.
> The Saudi's have always been in our pocket, now we've got
> Afghanistan, next we'll own Iraq. And if we somehow succeed in
> bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq, those Iranians (who consider
> themselves Caucasian) will surely start rioting and demand similar
> freedoms. How can you expect the Frogs, Krauts and Russkies to just
> sit idly by while we milk this region dry so we can drive our SUV's?
> Boy, If I lived in the Middle East, I'd be pissed off at Americans
> too.
>
> --- In realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dom1_1998 <dominick@xxxx>"
> <dominick@xxxx> wrote:
> > I'm dumbfounded that people just don't get it. When terrorist
came
> on
> > our soil and killed a couple of thousand of our citizens plus
> cripple
> > our economy, the United States of America DECLARED WAR on ALL
> > terrorist and ANY country that supports them, period!
> >
> > Right now it's Iraq, next Korea and so on it will be until no
> leaders
> > of any country wants them for fear of reprisal. These wars from
now
> > on will be fought completely different then traditional combat.
> First
> > strike is a must for the best defense is a good offense.
> >
> > What if you had one neighbor who hated your guts and cannot be
> > reasoned with, who wants to buy some home made incendiary bombs
from
> > another one of your neighbors to burn you and your house down?
Wait
> > for him to strike first? Move away? I doubt it. You have no
> choice
> > but to take them both out.
> >
> > No person in their right mind wants war. But as long as there are
> > forces of good and evil, we will always have a war.
> >
> > God Bless America,
> >
> > Dominick
>
>
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