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To: Map Kernow
"I call this the "Oil Is The Only Reason We Go To War Anymore" theory. You heard it during the Gulf War."

Yes, and Dick Cheny was on a documentary last night in a recorded interview wherein he stated that the security of oil supplies from the Middle East was, during the Gulf War, of paramount concern, and he (Cheney) was not going to apologize for that.

When you look at the potential dollars involved (the contracts for oil services co's would be in the billions) and you look at the connections both the Pres and VP have to the oil business, then you have to believe that almost anything is possible.

There are lots of motivations for this country to get involved in a removal of the Taliban govt by whatever means necessary. I really hope that this govt was not complicit in an attack on US citizens, but it wouldn't be the first time. And you wouldn't be the first to say it is preposterous. I don't know about you, but I don't believe anything the govt or the media tells me anymore.

72 posted on 12/12/2001 2:37:34 PM PST by wcbtinman
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To: wcbtinman
Yes, and Dick Cheny was on a documentary last night in a recorded interview wherein he stated that the security of oil supplies from the Middle East was, during the Gulf War, of paramount concern, and he (Cheney) was not going to apologize for that.

And you know why? Because AMERICA NEEDS OIL TO SURVIVE. Not just for our evil gas-guzzling SUVs, either. There's a decent chance that the very electricity you're using to power your PC as you read this came from oil.

This would be an indisputable fact whether Bush and Cheney personally owned 100% of the stock in every oil company in America, or if they were such enviropsychos that they made Ed Begley Jr look like an Enron executive.

74 posted on 12/12/2001 2:42:16 PM PST by Timesink
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To: wcbtinman
And let's keep in mind that Afghanistan is not Iraq circa 1991. Saddam at his 1990 height of military power could have caused all sorts of hell beyond merely Kuwait. There was a lot of worry he was considering a move on Saudi Arabia as well, or might do any number of other things to complete F up the stability of the region. Afghanistan in 2001, on the other hand, is merely a dirt hole where the mass murderers are hiding.

This whole "war for oil" BS will eventually evaporate anyway, just as every other liberal lie has since 9/11, as the war moves into such oil-rich nations as Somalia and the Phillipines.

76 posted on 12/12/2001 2:46:58 PM PST by Timesink
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