-Caveat Lector- We wouldn't need this oil war if people didn't use a 4 ton SUV to drive around the corner to mail a letter.
on 9/23/02 8:18 PM, William Bacon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > We wouldn't have to fight thois oil war if only we would of allowed the > big and beautiful freedom supplying oil companiees to drill and develop > the oil resources of Alaska, off shore of the US every where and > everywhere in the Western US. > > > > "I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to > the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one Nation under God,indivisible,with > liberty and justice for all." > > visit my web site at > http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 > for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: > http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 20:02:27 EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ctrl] Another Oil War > > <A > HREF="http://www.counterpunch.org/mckinney0922.html";>http://www.counterpunch.o > rg/mckinney0922.html</A> > > > > September 23, 2002 > Another Oil War > by Rep. Cynthia McKinney > > Once again the world now waits with fear and trepidation regarding the threat > of a US attack on Iraq. > > The President provides as justification for this impending attack the Iraqi > refusal to comply with UN resolutions regarding weapons inspections, the > alleged Iraqi threat to its neighbors and the Iraqi government's mistreatment > of its own citizens. > > The American people are being called upon to send their young sons and > daughters to go and kill young Iraqi sons and daughters. This war, like all > wars, will be brutal and will leave many American and Iraqi families mourning > the loss of their children. > > We're not allowed to publicly question the Bush Administration for fear of > being called unpatriotic. Aren't we entitled to really know why we're being > urged to go to war? Aren't we entitled to be confident that the > Administration is telling the truth? > > We know that this Administration has some trouble with telling the truth. > > You might recall that the White House had a kind of amnesia a few months ago > and didn't tell the truth about September 11 until I asked some pretty > straightforward questions. In so doing, it seems I helped them remember that > they had in fact received a whole raft of reports warning of terrorist > attacks against this country. > > And this is the same Administration, which stole the 2000 election in Florida > and then lied about it. > > There have been so many times I wished our country could use its massive > military resources for such noble goals as protecting civilians and enforcing > UN Security Council Resolutions. I'd be their greatest supporter. But I've > sat upon this committee for 10 years and I have seen our country repeatedly > refuse to use to its military to save civilians from slaughter. > > I need only remind you of our country's shameful failure to intervene in > Rwanda in 1994 and in so doing we allowed 1,000,000 Rwandan men, women and > children to be butchered with axes and machetes in 100 days. > > And, yes, we are the same country that abandoned the people of Afghanistan to > the Taliban, that abandoned the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo to > the invading Rwandans and the Ugandans, that abandoned the people of East > Timor to the invading Indonesians, that abandoned the people of Sierra Leone > to the brutal hand chopping killers of the RUF, that abandoned the people of > Chechnya to the brutal Russian Army, that abandoned the people of the > Philippines to brutalities of Ferdinand Marcos, that abandoned the people of > Chile to monstrous crimes of General Pinochet and so on and so on. > > But the President would have us believe that this time things are different > for once, he says, we're going to war to save people's lives. > > However, just last Sunday, September 15, 2002, the Washington Post's lead > story carried the banner headline "In Iraqi War Scenario, Oil is the Key > Issue." The article then went on to describe how US oil companies were > looking forward to taking advantage of the oil bonanza, which would follow > Saddam Hussein's removal from office. > > Apparently, so the article says, CIA Director James Woolsey, indicated that > non-US oil companies who sided with Hussein would most likely be excluded > from sharing in Iraq's massive oil reserves a*" reserves said to be second > only to Saudi Arabia. > > And I find the current Bush fervor and alleged urgent justifications for > attacking Iraq startling because I recall reading an article from the London > Guardian on December 2, 2001 last year, which had a banner headline "Secret > US Plan for Iraq War." The article, almost a year old now, is interesting > because it reports that the President had already ordered the CIA and his > senior military commanders to draw up detailed plans for a military operation > against Iraq. The operational commander was General Tommy Franks working out > of the US Central Command at McDill air force base in Florida. Apparently, > other key players were, low and behold, the CIA Director James Woolsey and > the Deputy Defense Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz. > > What I found most incredible about the article, especially after reading this > week's Washington Post article, was the last sentence which said: > > "The most adventurous ingredient in the anti- Iraqi proposal is the use of US > ground troops . . . significant numbers of [US] troops could also be called > on in the early stages of any rebellion to guard oil fields around the Shia > port of Basra in southern Iraq." > > Isn't it amazing the London Times didn't refer to US troops guarding the new > parliament, or the schools or hospitals full of ravaged civilians, or saving > the men, women and children brutalized under years of Hussein's rule. > > I wonder why the President hasn't talked about these plans, which were being > cooked up nearly a year ago. > > I learned this week from the Times of London that Bush Administration plans > to spend some $200m on convincing a skeptical American and world public that > the war on Iraq is justified. I didn't realize that telling the truth would > be so expensive. > > And surely if we were really interested today in the truth about whether Iraq > has weapons of mass destruction wouldn't this Committee want to hear from > Scott Ritter. I just cannot believe that he's not here today. > > Before we send our young men and women off to war, we need to really make > sure that we're not sacrificing them so that rich and powerful men can > prosecute a war for oil. > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER > ========== > CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic > screeds are unwelcomed. Substance?not soap-boxing?please! 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