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Old March 15th, 2003, 09:54 PM

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Default Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.

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Originally posted by Wanderer:
I thought this article is a pretty good response to some of the "it's all about oil" arguments.

Its basic premise is that whilst Iraq has huge oil reserves, she doesn't have the production capacity to have the effects some people are talking about.

There is one rather large assumption made half-way through, though. See if you can spot it.
The guy you quoted is an arch conservative who supports the war. There are differing opinions. Here is a quick article contradicting your source and it is not an editorial which yours is.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/824407.asp?cp1=1

The fact is Cheney and his gang are already figuring out how to get profit. See my post below.

[ March 15, 2003, 19:55: Message edited by: rextorres ]
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