Hi Folks,
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 11:26:07 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 15:00:26 +0100 (CET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter)
> wrote:
>> Anyways ... another big surprise for me:
>> Bush administration handles Korea conflict 100 times better than I would have
>> thought possible.
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 11:26:07 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> This is because the North Korean leaders are not thought of as
> being as psychopathic as Sadam Hussein. The Bush administration
> thinks they can be reasoned with and negotiated with and possibly
> even bought off.
Call me a cynic, but could it just be because North Korea does not
have large reserves of very-cheap-to-make oil which could just happen to
fall into the control of the benevolent stewardship of US oil companies,
in the interests of getting Iraq back onto its feet again of course, in
the aftermath of a war of liberation / disarmament / terrorism /
aquisition / etc...
After all (1), the US oil companies didn't support GW in his election by
giving him vast sums of money, did they ? He doesn't owe them anything,
does he ? He didn't spend a long time in the oil industry, did he ?
After all (2), Saddam has weapons of mass destruction, even if they
haven't been found, and when he says there are none, we just know he's
lying, don't we ! And if Korea is actually being seen to re-activate its
nuke program, that isn't the same thing at all, is it ?
And after all (3), the intellect and stability of the North Korean
leader / figure-head / god / father / big-brother / etc... is visible to
all.
I think we are just watching today's version of "The Great Game".
Time to put my stirring spoon away. :)
Regards,
Ron
Ron Clarke
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