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#1 2003-01-28 9:58 am
- ShnickyShnack
- Commander of Insurgent Cell "Dreamboat"
- From: Amidst a superiority complex
- Registered: 2001-05-25
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A friend in need is a friend indeed -- Thanks, Saddam!
Check this story out.
It says that, with the recent spike in oil prices due to ongoing chaos in rich Venezuela, the U.S. to prevent shortages, has doubled its oil imports from ... Iraq?
Yeah, that's right. Saddam may be Hitler, and some say he's determined to destroy the USA, but hey! Who's to say we can't make him richer by buying oil from him?
Here's my favourite part:
Saddam has offered lucrative contracts to companies from France, China, India and Indonesia as well as Russia.
It is only the oil majors based in Britain and America - now the leading military hawks - that don't have current access to Iraqi contracts.
"Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity, myself especially, are in a state of shocked disbelief." -- Alan Greenspan
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#2 2003-01-28 10:16 am
- The Great Prophet Omega
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Re: A friend in need is a friend indeed -- Thanks, Saddam!
I am the great and powerfull OZ! Pay no attention to the man behind that curtain!
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#3 2003-01-28 10:21 am
Re: A friend in need is a friend indeed -- Thanks, Saddam!
hmmmm. . . Nice, Omega, Join the ranks of those esteemed individuals, you've linked to yet another in a preponderance of Aug 2002 articles. . . five months out of date. . . for the purpose of talking about the present ? ? ?
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#4 2003-01-28 10:23 am
- ShnickyShnack
- Commander of Insurgent Cell "Dreamboat"
- From: Amidst a superiority complex
- Registered: 2001-05-25
- Posts: 40216
Re: A friend in need is a friend indeed -- Thanks, Saddam!
hmmmm. . . another in a preponderance of Aug 2002 articles. . .
If you click on the article mentioned in the original post, you'll find it's dated ... why, today!
"Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity, myself especially, are in a state of shocked disbelief." -- Alan Greenspan
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#5 2003-01-28 10:25 am
Re: A friend in need is a friend indeed -- Thanks, Saddam!
Yep. . . just goes to show you that, for some, this isn't about the truth or about reasoned debate.
One only hopes that those debating in the actual theatres of involvement practice a little more intellectual honesty.
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#6 2003-01-28 10:38 am
- The Great Prophet Omega
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Re: A friend in need is a friend indeed -- Thanks, Saddam!
Faisal Islam and Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow
Yeah, this is unbiased and accurate...
I am the great and powerfull OZ! Pay no attention to the man behind that curtain!
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#7 2003-01-28 10:39 am
- Mars_Attacks
- Agent Mark Larr
- From: GA
- Registered: 2001-07-27
- Posts: 4447
Re: A friend in need is a friend indeed -- Thanks, Saddam!
Don't worry, the majority in control are the only honest ones.
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#8 2003-01-28 11:51 am
- registered_user
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Re: A friend in need is a friend indeed -- Thanks, Saddam!
If you drive a car you support Saddam Hussein.
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#9 2003-01-28 12:03 pm
Re: A friend in need is a friend indeed -- Thanks, Saddam!
by The Great Prophet Omega:
Yeah, this is unbiased and accurate...
How does that make it necessarily biased, and how is it relevant to the objection made to your post of that outdated link?
my my. . . we're big on intellectual honesty today. . .
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#10 2003-01-28 12:04 pm
- Aqua OS X
- Shark Sandwich
- From: Oakland, CA
- Registered: 2000-06-05
- Posts: 12514
Re: A friend in need is a friend indeed -- Thanks, Saddam!
Check this story out.
It says that, with the recent spike in oil prices due to ongoing chaos in rich Venezuela, the U.S. to prevent shortages, has doubled its oil imports from ... Iraq?
Yeah, that's right. Saddam may be Hitler, and some say he's determined to destroy the USA, but hey! Who's to say we can't make him richer by buying oil from him?
Here's my favourite part:
Saddam has offered lucrative contracts to companies from France, China, India and Indonesia as well as Russia.
It is only the oil majors based in Britain and America - now the leading military hawks - that don't have current access to Iraqi contracts.
..and now you know on of the reasons why we want to bomb that stupid little country. Weapons of mass destruction my a$$. I can't believe people actually think this guy is threat right now. I guess that's what happens when you stop reading and start watching Fox News. 
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