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Re: My over-simplification of the anti-war movement
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Mon, 31 Mar 2003 19:05:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> Oil: Not in the sense that most people spout about America needing Iraqi oil
> for their SUVs (though I gotta say that Hummer H2 is pretty obscene: worst
> acceleration, worst braking, worst gas milage). It's the contracts for
> drilling, refining, and transporting the oil. Look at Cheney's old company
> already getting unbid contracts regarding Iraq. The French, who are also
> pretending this isn't about oil, are currently freaking because it has
> finally dawned on them that they may lose all their contracts since they
> didn't join in - to the victors go the spoils (I'm just observing what
> happens, not supporting or condemning it).
Well, it is a simplification of things -- but the pro-peace movement also
needs its own soundbite. "No blood for oil!" has been a kind of code for
larger issues, obviously. Ignoring ethical concerns for now, longer-term I
can't see the downside to controlling Iraq's enormous wealth in oil -- in 5
or 10 years it will be exploitable if we seize control of it now. And
current corporate scandals notwithstanding, I have to believe some
businesses are still looking at the big picture and down the road for many
years to come. I mean, they can't all be cashing out by year's end can they?
> Ditto. But I don't think our prayers will be answered: note the warnings
> the politicians are starting to issue about tough fighting ahead since their
> planned-for uprisings haven't happened.
Wow. You mean "the enemy" didn't just go belly up? What a surprise! I
guess that would be because Shrub and Rummy have proven themselves strategic
geniuses before, eh? So no treason en masse on the part of the enemy --
who'd a thunk it!
Sadly, I think there is an ideological aspect to this matter on the other
side and we are about to discover what happens when you disturb a hornet's nest.
-- Hop-Frog
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