Iraq War Summary as playground

[Armstead]

Billy beat me up so I attacked Jimmy because he's smaller.

[Inland]

1. More like

Billy beat me up and I attacked Jimmy because I could.

the non-sequitur, and the craven opportunism of an adminstration looking for a war.

[Armstead]

3. But Jummy turned out to be tougher than I realized

[Cleita]

2. Could be. However, I have been researching those 14

military bases they are building there. First they are all in strategic places to protect the oil fields and the pipelines. They are all built to last, made of concrete and reinforced to withstand artillery fire, instead of the usual portable aluminum buildings. I don't think they are built to accommodate a new Iraqi army. We are there to stay.

I haven't gotten as far yet to find out who is going to get their hands on the oil fields, but I would bet it would be subsidiaries of various American oil companies hand in hand with the Saudis. It makes sense to me that they would want the new Iraqi government to incorporate Sharia into their system. That it is taking women back a hundred years doesn't matter to them.

The oil companies don't care one way or the other about the plight of women, because they operate on the theory of collateral damage and the end justifies the means. But a government run under Islamic law makes the populace as a whole much easier to control. This is such dirty business.

Now the Shrubster might have grudge to settle in this individually, but it's all about the oil business in the long run and the politics that needed to be played for them to get their paws on the world's oil.

[Armstead]

4. I think the oil could end up going to China and Russia

There may yet be a final "irony" in all of this if we end up with an Islamic government that eventually aligns with Iran and decides to send their oil to China and Russia and otehr nations outside of the US axis.

[Cleita]

5. Speaking of Russia and China.

Look at what I found.

Russia and China kicked off their first-ever joint military exercises today in the city of Vladivostok in Russia's Far East. Some 10,000 troops from air, land, and sea forces are due to take part in the eight-day drill, which will be centered along China's northeastern coast. Both countries have actively sought to reassure the United States that the war games are not aimed at any third country. Experts say the goal of the drill, in fact, may be more commercial than military.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/russia/2005/russia-050818-rferl01.htm

[Armstead]

6. Maybe the Commies are burying us with Capitalism?

Hoist by our own petard