In before the ZOT?
Posted on 09/26/2005 3:45:47 PM PDT by chaos theory
Since Saddam was in power he never had the chance to build an oil enterprise like Saudi Arabia.
His oil embargo would have been lifted in 2003 when the Euro dollar was already worth more than the USD.
We had to take Saddam out of power to save our economy and secondly the Saudi Royal Family.
What we all must realize though, is why others in the world would disagree with this theory and would want to fight our interests to the end.
This is Neo-Conservatism.
Economic Assassins.
**Sniff**
This theory fails when it is noted that the Saudi Royal family was and is against our liberation of Iraq.
Iraq not accepting dollars was a reaction, not a strategy.
Take the neo-con boogeymen crap back to DU.
He was wrong in all his predictions. Gold is not at $600+, there isn't a stock-market bubble, the strong-dollar policy has been abandoned, and the US trade-deficit is bigger than ever.
Neo Conservatives are actually Human Rights Advocates of the Democratic Party except unlike Democrats they believe in the use of miitary force to change the world. The problem with this approach is we needed a large military to carry out such a world policy. That is my only critique of the GWB foreign policy, you cannot fight a 2.5 war strategy with a 1.5 war military.
Umm, shouldn't this kind of tin-foil stuff (read: ungrounded in reality) be more the purview of DU ?
Empty talk. The Euro is much sicker than the dollar.
I smell ozone.
In before the ZOT?
You, nor the author, understand what the hell you're talking about.
If Saddam was in power, his country would be under control and spewing out more oil than any other country.
Well who was in power for the last 30 years? What was stopping him from spewing out more oil than any other country?
Iraq's economy was devastated and there was no investment in oil exploration and extraction. The only people who can do this are the oil companies and they were barred from going in. The security council would never have lifted the sanctions on Iraq with Saddam in power.
You are an idiot.
No, your the idiot if your jumping to such conclusions so quickly.
Iraq sanctions were due to expire in 2003. Are you saying that is inaccurate?
By the way, no kidding it was Saddam's fault he wasn't a big contender.
First he was a tyrant in the 70's.
Second he was in an american supported war with Iran.
Then third he was under UN sanction that were set to expire in 2003.
Because guess what, the UN WMD inspection was inconclusive!
No, your the idiot if your jumping to such conclusions so quickly.
Iraq sanctions were due to expire in 2003. Are you saying that is inaccurate?
By the way, no kidding it was Saddam's fault he wasn't a big contender.
First he was a tyrant in the 70's.
Second he was in an american supported war with Iran.
Then third he was under UN sanction that were set to expire in 2003.
Because guess what, the UN WMD inspection was inconclusive!
True, gold is not soaring that high, but it has increased this year, and is rising sharply. Of course, this is partly due to the commodities cycle - it has been down a long time - must move up. My own belief is that gold will rise, and might be $500 by the end of the year.
Yes but it has taken 5 years to reach $460 and it fell today and what about the trade-deficit shrinking as the dollar falls? Complete BS.
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