So - as a general question - does withholding a resource equal an aggresive, or 'evil' act? Do we say that if I need X, you (you being another country, or company), have a moral obligation to sell it to me at a decent price?
-rc > -----Original Message----- > From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:54 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [www.washtimes.com] What do u think? > > > We withheld oil from Japan as a sanction for their aggressive > behavior to China and Manchuria. They attacked us because > they had to they didn't have the oil reserves to last. That's > why one of the first places they hit after pearl harbor was > the phillipines. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "SMR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:48 AM > Subject: Re: [www.washtimes.com] What do u think? > > > > I thought this was with held because it was being sent to > > Europe/Britain > to > > fight WWII ? I also thought this was made known to Japan. I also > > though Japan's motive for attacking the US was something other then > > oil. They wanted to take over most of the south pacific and > wanted to > > make sure that we couldn't do anything about it. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:41 AM > > Subject: Re: [www.washtimes.com] What do u think? > > > > > > > How can you not see how wrong that is? Especially when > Iraq is not > > holding back oil (in fact, they want nothing more > > > than to open the pipelines to full cpacity). When the US > held back > > > oil > > from Japan during the early years of WWII, Japan > > > saw this as a reason to attack the US. This is not the > same as the > > > Iraq > > situation. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Timothy Heald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:33 AM > > > Subject: RE: [www.washtimes.com] What do u think? > > > > > > > > > > One of the things I have always wondered. Why is fighting over > > > > oil > such > > a bad thing? I mean this country (and all the > > > others too) run on oil. It is a national security issue. Period. > > > > > > > > I wish that someone in the federal government would > come out and > > > > say > > that. > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
