Hello Gary: GB wrote: I also must object to the claim of "war for oil" on two fronts. First, Bush and others have consistently said what this military action is about: ridding the world of a brutal dictator that has no regard for justice, peace, his own people, or you and me. I would challenge people to show me where Bush explicitly said, "we want control of the Middle East only for the oil".
KB wrote: I agree the President has not called this a "war for oil", fortunate for him he has fairly intelligent people advising him. I have never heard of a war titled "rape women and kill children war" or "exterminate an entire race of people war", either. They hire spin people to draft the proper language for such events. Ken Bradley Corcoran Neighborhood Gary Bowman wrote: > The insinuation the media is all locked up by > conservative rich people is simply not true. To the > contrary, most conservatives argue there is a > clearly > liberal bias to news, which would favor anti-war > advocates. > > I also must object to the claim of "war for oil" on > two fronts. First, Bush and others have > consistently > said what this military action is about: ridding the > world of a brutal dictator that has no regard for > justice, peace, his own people, or you and me. I > would challenge people to show me where Bush > explicitly said, "we want control of the Middle East > only for the oil". Secondly, have you considered > why > Russia is opposing military action, besides all the > supposed claims to be peace-loving? Is it maybe > because the current Iraqi regime owes Russia $7 > billion? Is it because if/when Saddam is deposed > and > oil from Iraq is allowed to be sold, oil prices will > come down and Russia can ill afford a drop in it own > oil prices? Is it because Russia is afraid if it's > the Americans who free Iraqi people from oppression > and tyranny a post-Saddam government may be more > inclined to want to deal with Americans than > Russians? > Therein lies a perverse twist on the claim of "war > for oil". > > Okay, for a bit of Minneapolis importance to this > post? Consider this thought: Wouldn't it be a > positive to our local economy if gas prices came > down > because of an increase in oil supplies because the > US > deposed Saddam and brought a just government to > Iraq, > thereby allowing oil sales? Wouldn't lower prices > mean more money to be spent on other items by > Minneapolis citizens? > > Gary Bowman > Audubon Park > > --- David Shove wrote: > That's just it -- writing Bush or the Congress or > the > major media has ZERO influence. Zilch nada bupkis. > All > owned and controlled by the ruling class, drooling > for > an oil war. > > > ===== > "Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but > they are far better than certain kinds of peace.'' > --Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. > 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as > possible. > > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
