>Harmon Seaver wrote : >On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:12:46AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: >> >> Both Kim Il Sun (or was that his dad's name) and Saddam Hussein want one >> thing with "weapons of mass destruction": power. They know that by having >> some big, scary weapon somewhere there'll be a little more respect at the >> bargaining table, particularly where the Americans are involved. > I think the son is named Kim Jong Il ( upper-case EYE, lower case ELL )
> Actually, they, like many other countries these days, feel the need to be able > to defend themselves against war-mongering empires like the US. And with good > reason. I'm sure we'll see Iran, Libya, and Brazil all building nukes soon if > they haven't already. > -- > Harmon Seaver > Tyler's assessment is more on-target for the two shitballs mentioned. The Iraqi doesn't really seem to be interested in the bargaining table but rather wants his weapons so he can avoid having to come to the table at all. The other putz is transparently a blackmailer and sybarite and will haggle for handouts when he feels the time is ripe. As for US Empire activities, in the long haul an empire needs raw materials. Countries with resources ought to be concerned. Does the Shrub really care about Iraq's oil today, tomorrow or next year? Not too much but you can bet your ass that his energy industry handlers are thinking ahead by many decades and the more Middle East footholds apart from Israel, which is too much of a wild card and lightning rod, the better. Do I approve or disapprove? That's actually a fairly tricky subject. Mike
