The whole point of this article is that Bush and Co. are awarding most of the lucrative contracts in Iraq to their favorite companies - some of these contracts are dealing with oil - Iraq has oil - Unocal tried to deal with Taliban for a natural gas pipeline (didn't pan out) - ergo, the war in Iraq was for oil!
Reconstructing Iraq: Crony capitalism at its worst
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Some will go to any lengths, for example -
*Why Israel? And Is There A Crisis?*
gives an overview of the establishing of Israel and history since (thesis: the USA is anti-semite. Maybe. But interesting.) for, oh, ten or so pages - and ends:
“If you want to know who is funding terrorists, look in the vanity mirror as you turn the key of your SUV.”
But, again, some interesting points: Palestinians are violent because it garners publicity - “The Copts converted to Christianity during the Roman Empire and have suffered from religious, political, and economic oppression for 1300 years, ever since the Arab conquest. Copts are periodically murdered by Arab-Muslim mobs and generally the Arabs are not prosecuted for the killings. You could read about this in www.copts.net but you probably won’t because the Copts are not violent.”
Posted by: John Anderson at April 30, 2003 9:29 AM
Good one, John! Sometimes I wonder if people write such lengthy essays with such little useful info because they are paid by the word…..
Posted by: Shanti at April 30, 2003 10:40 AM