There is still some debate over the constitutionality of the Iraqi invasion. First, the Present has the authority granted under the War Powers Act to invade anywhere he chooses. In the Iraq case, he did have the blessing of the US congress, both in support for his action, and the provision of a budget to pay for it. There are many scholars who will consider this combined action as tantamount to a declaration of war. Another thing is that the US has officially declared war on terrorism, although it is still to be proved the terrorism connection with Iraq. Unless the administration hangs its hat on the publicly known financial support (pension plan) for the families of Palestinian suicide bombers. No one thinks the Palestine suicide bombers are any threat to the US, just to Israel.
Perhaps this is why there is so much effort with the RMTP to get a Nobel Peace Prize award, which would no doubt assist with his re-election campaign. As far as the Chinese oil connection, and while it is little publicized, China controls the as yet undeveloped South China Sea Oil, which has been reported to contain reserves equal or exceeding all the known reserves A big US player in that endeavor is, of course, Exxon-Mobil. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Randolph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 8:23 PM Subject: Re: Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil | Hello, | | It was always about oil and there really isn't any debate there...none, | nada, zero, zilch. | | So you have to ask yourself WHY would this administration be so willing to | put us at an even greater risk of terrorism though their actions and kill | world opinion of the USA so quickly or easily. | | 1. Money...Iraq had converted to the EURO for it's oil dealings, if others | in OPEC had followed suit the US dollar could quite likely of tanked. | | 2. Money...Their just greedy oil barons.. Doubtful since by attacking Iraq | we guaranteed that we'd be thrown out of Saudi Arabia a source of oil we | already had 'control over'....which is now happened. | | 3. Asymmetric Warfare with Strategic Competitors (China)...quite likely. | | Many believe the real issue at hand is the long term threat of China | capturing those oil wells, if they would have it <could> of lead to total | world domination by China. There is/was a huge power vacuum created when | Russia fell apart and China had been filling that vacuum. China is the | true long term threat of the United States and ultimately the free | world. I don't believe in Bush's NWO, but then I don't speak Chinese | either so I guess I'm screwed either way. | | Bush congressional ally says China run by 'decrepit tyrants' (lump's them | in with the axis of evil) | http://sg.news.yahoo.com/030603/1/3bhzt.html | | Remember our bombing of the embassy when they were trying to figure out how | to track our stealth planes and the latest incident the spy plane being | rammed by the nimble fighter. Also North Korea is nothing but the lips | and teeth of China and look at their tone towards the US...it's really | China's tone. When China has something inflammatory to say...North Korea | says it instead. | | Either way the war WAS unconstitutional and has damaged my beloved homeland | internationally to say the least. Maybe everyone will take the time to read | the constitution and note that the President doesn't have the authority to | declare war and vote out of office those that abdicated their | responsibility to him on a silver platter. I won't go into the abuse of the | Executive Order in the last 10 or so administrations! | | ... The end justifies the means? | | Best, | Mike Randolph | | At 07:46 PM 6/4/2003 -0500, you wrote: | >Of course that is what I have held the opinion on since the get go, but flames | >were vociferous about it not being about oil. | > | >The country who controls Iraqi oil, controls the pricing of the entire region, | >and could break the back of Saudi Arabia and Iran's economies. This is why | >ARAMCO is chomping at the bit to get either a direct contract or a Halliburton | >sub-contract. | > | >====================================== | >Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! | >For CF hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com | >ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 | >====================================== | >If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! | > | >----- Original Message ----- | >From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 6:42 PM | >Subject: Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil | > | > | >| Oil was the main reason for military action against Iraq, a leading White | >House hawk has claimed, confirming the worst fears of those opposed to the | >US-led war. | >| | >| The US deputy defence secretary, Paul Wolfowitz - who has already undermined | >Tony Blair's position over weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by describing | >them | >as a "bureaucratic" excuse for war - has now gone further by claiming the real | >motive was that Iraq is "swimming" in oil. | >| | >| http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,970335,00.html | >| | > | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
