to put it very bluntly, it would be cheaper to buy oil than invade. and
iraq does and would sell it to us. the french and german positions is more
like to be about oil than our position. if we wanted to invade a country for
oil, we'd have done it in 1991.

-----Original Message-----
From: K. Salkin
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: 3/8/2003 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: Iraq

Mag, what hard evidence do you have  that this is all to do with oil?
I'm a
bit sceptical about that.

Oil may be an issue, but I think it's a minor one.  It's primarily to do
with Bin Laden and to go after Saddam and finish the job his father
started.
Saddam tried to invade Kuwait, probably for the oil for himself,  not
the US
invading for oil.  We have got better things to do than to invade
countries
for their oil.

Where are you reading that invading Iraq is due to US business
interests?

Kat


----- Original Message -----
From: "Magenta Raine" <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: Iraq


> In a message dated 3/7/03 9:22:11 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > This was last night, in the East Room of the White House.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Magenta Raine
> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 1:40 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Iraq
> >
> > Perhaps I saw another press conference. (it was the one with the
blue
> > background and yellow circles of some kind).
> >
>
> Yep, it was a different press conference. A senator from South
Carolina
gave
> a speech  on this war and pointed out that Israel who is right next
door
to
> Iraq doesn't seem bothered by Saddam at all. When they were, they took
care
> of it by bombing a nuke plant in Iraq. So, I really doubt we are
worried
> about Saddam's weapons, or liberating Iraq from Saddam, It's about
oil, I
> think, and controlling US business interests there. I think we need to
> understand there is a lot going on behind the facade of the Bush
> administration.
>
> Mag, getting off her soap box!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> I am available to do writing, editing, reporting, designing jobs,
including
> business cards, etc. I am also a disability rights activist.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~