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Iraq: No Mo' Money, Less Oil Revenue | 20 comments (20 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Iraq: No Mo' Money, Less Oil Revenue (none / 1)

I've been hammering away at the same theme since Bushco first launched their attacks in the Middle East.

Peace and stability and security are not the goals of Bush and the Neocons in Iraq.

They want instability an conflict until the entire region is destabilized in order that they may then find a way to seize control of all the energy reserves there.

Everytime there's even a hint that something might be improving, Bushco sets about to inflame new outrage with some other egeregious act. This fuel price hike is just one such example. They have to make sure the Iraqi public remains volatile, and this will surely accomplish that.

They've been using this tactic since the very beginning and there's absolutely no reason to think they're going to change.

Security and stability are the enemy of the Bush agenda.

Denial is our most dangerous adversary.

by sbj on Mon Jan 2nd, 2006 at 05:17:33 PM EST

Re: Iraq: No Mo' Money, Less Oil Revenue (none / 0)

You got that one right!!!!!!!

by BrendaStewart (stormyweather1@hotmail.com) on Mon Jan 2nd, 2006 at 05:19:27 PM EST
[ Parent ]

You're Guessing (none / 0)

Whenever people suggest these wild-eyed ideas it should benoted that they don't know. They're guessing, you're guessing. In a democracy, free society with a free press you shouldn't have to guess what the goals of the government are. This is the case now however because everything is being thrown under the big umbrella of National Security.

Join The Community Voices In The Wilderness. The voices must be heard

by wiseprince on Mon Jan 2nd, 2006 at 09:15:48 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: You're Guessing (4.00 / 3)

Do you think it's a "wild-eyed guess" that BushCo is behaving in a way that seems to deliberately undermine any opportunities for improved relations in the Middle East that might lead to more co-operative efforts toward the common good?

Can you cite even one verifiable action or policy this administration has implemented vis a vis Iraq or the broader Middle East in general that has had a net positive effect?

Can you name a single improvement that has taken place in Iraq that has made life better for anyone overall?

I may be guessing, but I think I'm engaging in informed speculation based on verifiable information. I am always looking for someone to show me some fact-based information that refutes my perspective, and I'm still waiting.

I realize the absence of exculpatory info doesn't automatically make my views accurate, but don't we all have the ability to analyze events around us in order to determine what is likely to be true or not, rather than just throwing up our arms and lamenting that things aren't the way they "should be"?

I'll make another wild guess. We don't have a free press or a functioning democracy or a free society.

Denial is our most dangerous adversary.

by sbj on Mon Jan 2nd, 2006 at 09:56:51 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: You're Guessing (none / 0)

I agree with what you are saying. My point was the fact that what you see as being the policy of this administration, the United States of America, is NOT the stated policy of the administration and so you are forced to research, dig, speculate and conclude as to what the real policies are. That doesn't seem like the trait of a free and open society with a free press.

If the highest powers in the land say, "our goal is to spread democracy" then that should be the goal. The populus shouldn't have to parse those words (which should be straight foward) to know the truth or to come to a reasonable conclusion of the true goal of the government.

I'll make another wild guess. We don't have a free press or a functioning democracy or a free society.

I think you get it

Join The Community Voices In The Wilderness. The voices must be heard

by wiseprince on Tue Jan 3rd, 2006 at 06:56:44 PM EST
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Re: You're Guessing (none / 0)

I'm appreciative of your clarifying what you meant.

And you are right of course. If we had a government that understood it's only legitimate reason for existence was to serve the people it governed, we wouldn't have to deconstruct their lies to arrive at the truth.

Sadly, I doubt there's ever been a government so puire in the history of the planet. By their nature governments inevitably are corrupted by the power they weild, and this iswhy revolution is a cyclical necessity in the evolution of humankind.

Denial is our most dangerous adversary.

by sbj on Tue Jan 3rd, 2006 at 07:11:21 PM EST
[ Parent ]

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