I am intrigued by the sophistication of your analyses of Bush's intentions / American interests. Like your government, all the deep thinkers apparently find it too demeaning to remember that the story is not one of what Saudis were educated in America, of whether or not 'democracy' will win out, but quite concretely - of how many people's lives (Americans and all those amorphous Middle Easterners) have to be sacrificed in order to get the oil!
The story for most of us is one of blood - not oil. Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, Dr. Rer. Soc. Faculty of Education University of Haifa Haifa, Israel 31905 Tel.: +972-4-8249357 Fax: +972-4-8240911 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Additional phone: +972-4-8123605 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 11:36 AM Subject: Intriguing chat > Hamad bin Jassem Al Thani, the Foreign Minister of Qatar -- where they're > building a massive airbase for the Americans -- is off to Iraq today for a > chat with Saddam Hussein. Al Thani surely knows a thing or two about > America's plans. > > Oh to be a fly on the wall (and to understand Arabic)! > > It will be interesting if they issue a press release afterwards. Even more > intriguing will be the style and content of Saddam Hussein's next speech. > Perversely, the more bellicose it will be, the more likely it is that he > knows that the Americans are not really after him at all. > > Keith Hudson > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ------------ > > Keith Hudson, General Editor, Handlo Music, http://www.handlo.com > 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, England > Tel: +44 1225 312622; Fax: +44 1225 447727; mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ________________________________________________________________________
