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Old January 3rd, 2004, 06:46 PM
devil
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Default How US helped Iraq build deadly arsenal

On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 13:13:32 +0100, Sjoerd wrote:


"Tchiowa" schreef in bericht
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Same thing in Iraq. Oil had absolutely nothing to do with it.


And you _really_ believe that? You must be one of the very few people in
the world to believe such a lie.


I certainly do.

I see possible reasons for the war as:

1. Offering the US folks revenge for 9/11, by just go kill Arabs.

2. Providing a showcase for the Bush doctrine of preventive attacks when
it suits him.

3. Dream on, trying to redo the map of the Middle East. A la post-WWII
Japan.

On oil, surely it would have been much much cheaper to hear Saddam begging
for negociation and offering whatever cash he wanted.

As to the 1973 story, it's quite different in the sense that these
countries *refused to sell.* That's of course a crime beyond salvation.
Imagine...