In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:20:59 -0400: Hi, [snip] >As a US >Army general said the other day regarding Iraq, they have to choose >whether "they love their children more than they hate their >neighbor." So far, they have chosen hate. But that may change. You >never know what people will do next. We have free will.
There are three aspects to the struggle in Iraq. The first is about who controls the country's oil wealth (the oil is in the south and the north, so the Sunnis (in the middle) are afraid of being shut out), and the second is about getting Iraq to weaken itself through internal strife (this gets *no* media attention), and the third is about getting rid of the US. The first and the last would be moot with the advent of free energy (since the US would leave then anyway). Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
