Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Johnny Deadman wrote in part: > > The double standard that is used to judge N Korea and Iraq is > blazingly obvious to those on the outside. The equation is > devastatingly simple. Iraq: lots of oil, no smoking gun. N Korea: no > oil, lots of smoking guns. > > Feel free to shoot the messenger. > > JB > > Since all firearms in Canada must by now be registered I can't shoot > anybody, but the "oil" argument is often quoted. I suspect mostly by > people who conveniently or otherwise forget that the US had in excess > of 500,000 combat and support personnel touring Kuwait and Iraq in > 1991. If the US really wanted the oil... I think they probably would > have taken it. The majority of the US's fossil fuel needs are sourced from elsewhere in the world other than the Middle East. Regards, Greg > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html