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2006-03-23 Iraq

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Posted by ryuge 2006-03-23 06:24|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 how can you expect a dying culture with 6th century morals and ideas to come full steam into the civilized 21st century? Aint gonna happen, The Iraqi overlords (us) need to get off the naive horse and SEE what these animals are really all about...

Posted by bk 2006-03-23 10:32|| 2006-03-23 10:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Only 15% of Iraq has been fully surveyed for oil. The deepest wells in the world are in the Kurdish areas. Major development is on hold pending resolution of the Syrian and Iran problems. The Two-Rivers' patch is riddled with belligerent Sunnis and Shiites. Persian Gulf routes are in peril and an Iraq-Mediterranian pipeline is politically impossible. US troops aren't going anywhere until Syria and Iran are crushed like the territorial bugs that they are.

Check out the webpage of the "Statistical Center of Iran": http://www.sci.org.ir/english/default.htm

They consume 370,000 barrels in "motor spirits" (gas/diesel) per day, and have to import almost 170,000 barrels. Unemployment approaches 20%. Knock out a couple of refineries and they can wage jihad on donkeys.

Posted by Listen to Dogs 2006-03-23 17:09|| 2006-03-23 17:09|| Front Page Top

#3 The immediate answer is to start charging market rates for fuel inside Iraq. This is only a problem because we have continued Saddam's policy of government subsidies -- socialism doesn't work in Iraq any better than it does in other countries.

Posted by Iblis">Iblis 2006-03-23 19:09|| 2006-03-23 19:09|| Front Page Top

#4 "They blame corruption at every level, from the oil ministry on down, that is common to Iraq."

There's no "q" in Arabs.

Posted by Snuper Thramp5041 2006-03-23 19:11|| 2006-03-23 19:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Novak is an anti-Israeli realpolitik guy who's probably had wet dreams over Saddam and "regional stability"... I'm stretching, just a little.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-03-23 20:25|| 2006-03-23 20:25|| Front Page Top

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