"He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing." -Frank Herbert's _Dune_
I actually see some very interesting parallels between Dune and the Iraq situation. But hey, science-fiction is just fluff and fantasy with no redeeming social value, right? -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 12:06 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Iraq - Oil fields > > > So, I was reading this news report about how the US thinks Iraq is > placing explosives by oil fields in case of a US invasion. The article > includes this quote: > > "We certainly have very serious concerns about Saddam Hussein (news - > web sites) setting fire to the oil fields," another senior U.S. official > said. > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this action completely legal? I mean, > if a country wants to blow up their own oil fields, they are allowed to, > right? > > Another random thought - what if Iraq went the Ghandi route. In other > words, let the US and England invade but absolutely refuse to fire back. > Considering all the countries that are against the war, this would be a > _very_ good way to get even more countries mad at the US. > > > -rc > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
