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2003-04-12 Iraq

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-04-12 12:09 pm|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "But it became clear that Iraqis, who have long suffered from the international sanctions supported by the..." - whole of the UN, especially other Arab nations, even when it was obvious that only Saddam personally and France as a nation (well. Russia when France became too much even for Saddam and he started to do oil deals with Russia) were getting anything out of it. We could have had this thing done with a decade ago, but Bush I had promised Saudi Arabia and others in the area, to get their support, that he would not go for a complete regime change, and like his son he keeps his word.

Posted by John Anderson 2003-04-12 12:36:58|| 2003-04-12 12:36:58|| Front Page Top

#2 You know, if the US really pushed that trust idea like Alaska and Singapore have, that'll shake the foundations there more than anything else. The UN would really have to twist in knots to explain why a good part of the oil profits should not be put directly into Iraqis' bank accounts and the selling of the "national asset" must be legitimized by the UN. In one fell swoop it would shut up *the world.*

But again, putting money directly into the peoples' pockets makes me a renegade and a simplisme AmeriKKKan.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-04-12 16:45:01|| 2003-04-12 16:45:01|| Front Page Top

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