I think those things are important too. But yes, I suspect that oil has a more to do with the current situation than democracy.
But if we are getting to the point where oil supply *is* an issue they have already hurt us, no? I'd be interested in seeing that paper sometime. Not being sarcastic. Dana On 8/16/05, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, not quite 100% or at least in all areas, I paid $1.699/gallon exactly > one year ago and paid $2.399 today, both for diesel and yes unleaded is a > bit more. Certain middle eastern countries could do a lot more hurt to our > economy than just high pump prices. Heck they could do it without even > really effecting the supply simply by changing the monetary units they use > from US dollars to euros. I did a paper on this a year or so ago, too damn > lazy to go searching for links and references or much of anything right now. > Personally I think reasons of this nature were more of the underlying > reasons for this "conflict" than anything else. However it is not my job to > decide on such matters and without full access to everything it will have to > always be speculation as to the true reasons. > I think people should focus on more important things like why is Walmart > China's number one customer ... OR ... why can I not retire this year and > live the high life ... OR ... nevermind :) > > On 8/16/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ummm... Gas prices have increased approximately 100% around here.... > > > > On 8/16/05, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > By having the ability to drastically hurt our oil based economy :) > > > > > > On 8/16/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sam wrote: > > > > > I'm so tired of this "Iraq was never a threat argument." Take off > > your > > > > > blinders. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Good job at avoiding the question, but are you saying that Iraq > > > > without WMD is a threat to the US? If so, how? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169698 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
