that syria story is pretty scary. I mean... I say I assume they are crooked and that they lie and yet the confirmation when it comes always goes far enough beyond what I had considered possible to scare me.
So basically we just bullied them into giving up the oil, huh. Wow. Wonder if Haliburton gets to run that too. Dana Michael Dinowitz writes: > Yes. Bush thinks of Bush first, Bush second, Bush third, America fourth and > everyone else, even America's long term allies, last. He'll be up for election > and he'll win. Look at his actions in the middle east (not Iraq): > > U.S. threatened sanctions if Israel blocked 'Roadmap' > http://216.26.163.62/2003/ss_israel_05_27.html > "The White House doesn't regard the roadmap merely as foreign policy. It sees > the roadmap as a major element toward the reelection of the president." > > There's also the other side of the bush first coin which is this: > Syria Grants American Oil Companies Exclusive Rights to Sector of > Northeastern Syria > http://www.sana.org/english/headlines/31-5/oil_companies.htm > Note how Syria isn't in the news anymore as a 'bad guy'. Good for America or > good for Bush allies who will help him get in again? > And let's be honest. Who has a chance against him? There's no one with the > clout, bucks, pull and balls (let alone bullet proof vest) to go against Bush > and win. > > > > you think he will be re-elected? > > > > Michael Dinowitz writes: > > > > > Unfortunately, it will be more of the same. The whole road map being forced > > > (illegally) down Israel's throat is being done for one reason and one reason > > > only; re-election. We'll have more Bush, more Cheney, more Powell, more of > the > > > same. > > > > > > > > > > If n fact he is just another mouth piece, no. Last thing we need is more > of > > > > the same. > > > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > Michael Dinowitz writes: > > > > > > > > > His backstory once made him very attractive to me as a candidate. > Problem > > > is, > > > > > he's become just another mouthpiece for the powers that be and is just > not > > > > > someone I'd vote for anymore. > > > > > Just as an aside, let me throw this into the mix. > > > > > > > > > http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/iraq/powelldoctrine_short > > > > > .html > > > > > His military doctrine about when and how to use force. Seems he feel it > only > > > > > applies to himself, not to others.... > > > > > > > > > > > I dunno... I could conceive of voting for him and I am sure as hell > not a > > > > > > Republican. This may change if he appears to have been dishonest. I > also > > > > > > wondered if he wasn't the source for that story. > > > > > > > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > > > jon hall writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps it may appear so on the surface, but I really can't agree. > The > > > > > > > administration want's Powell to be a "yes man", but obviously he > > > > > > > doesn't like it. Cheney is the one who originally wrote the BS in > the > > > > > > > first place. > > > > > > > Much has been made about Powell disagreeing with the administration > on > > > > > > > a lot of issues. The problem is that he is outnumbered in the White > > > > > > > House with Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rice usually lining up against him. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My take is the almost extreme opposite of this somehow being a sign > of > > > > > > > weakness on Powell's part. I see it as a sign of strength that he > > > > > > > disagree's so much with the party line, but refuses to try and make > it > > > > > > > an issue of right and wrong in the public eye. Especially since the > > > > > > > American voter only really cares about the truth when their party > > > > > > > doesn't have the White House. I doubt Powell would have gained more > > > > > > > Democratic supporters than Republican supporters he would have lost > if > > > > > > > he refused to go along with the White House. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When it comes down to it, the first black man to have a chance of > > > > > > > becoming President has more important things to worry about than > > > > > > > whether or not one reason to go to war with Iraq is better than > > > > > > > another. > > > > > > > He has a strong support base on the right currently and can't > > > > > > > let the media screw up his image by painting him as a maverick, and > I > > > > > > > can't help but draw a parallel between David Palmer in the show 24, > > > > > > > and Powell. Playing ball now will go a long way in the future. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > jon > > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Monday, June 2, 2003, 10:24:00 PM, you wrote: > > > > > > > MD> Powell, who I once thought I respected, is nothing more than a > "yes > > > man" > > > > > for > > > > > > > MD> Bush and the forces in the state department. He is definitely > not in > > > > > charge of > > > > > > > MD> anything. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On the evening of February 1, two dozen American officials > gathered > > > in a > > > > > > > MD> spacious conference room at the Central Intelligence Agency in > > > Langley, > > > > > Va. The > > > > > > > MD> time had come to make the public case for war against Iraq. For > six > > > > > hours that > > > > > > > MD> Saturday, the men and women of the Bush administration argued > about > > > what > > > > > > > MD> Secretary of State Colin Powell should--and should not--say at > the > > > > > United > > > > > > > MD> Nations Security Council four days later. Not all the secret > > > > > intelligence about > > > > > > > MD> Saddam Hussein's misdeeds, they found, stood up to close > scrutiny. > > > At > > > > > one point > > > > > > > MD> during the rehearsal, Powell tossed several pages in the air. > "I'm > > > not > > > > > reading > > > > > > > MD> this," he declared. "This is bulls- - -." > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/030609/usnews/9intell.htm > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
