Posted by Beal on 03/23/07 18:14

On Mar 23, 11:47 am, "Geoff" <geb...@yahoo.nospam.com> wrote:
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> >>> On 23 Mar 2007 04:03:12 -0700, "Useful Info" <useful_...@yahoo.com>
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> >>>>Congress Sets New Federal Debt Limit: $9 Trillion
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> >>>>Full story here:
> >>>> http://muvy.org/
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> >>> War is hell.
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> >> War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think
> >> they are going to profit from it.
> >> George Orwell
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> > Asked why nuclear power such as North Korea was being treated differently
> > from Iraq...Paul Wolfowitz, U.S. deputy defense minister said:"Let's look
> > at it simply. The most important difference between North Korea and Iraq
> > is that economically, we just had no choice in Iraq. The country swims on
> > a sea of oil."
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> > June 2003
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> He really said that? So why is there still any wonder with the cons here
> that this was the Bush Administration's motivation? This seems like an
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The point he was making was about sanctions. Economic sanctions
against a coutry rich in oil are not as effective against one with
natural resources that are far less profitable.

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