jsamuel
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:18 AM
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Would a real disaster (hurricane) relocating 1M people derail an Iran War? |
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Edited on Mon Aug-29-05 01:19 AM by jsamuel
What do you think?
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:21 AM
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1. given the rationality of Reichsmarschall Rumsfeld et al, no idea |
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It doesn't appear that any of the policies are guided by anything resembling fact.
One might even call it "faith-based foreign policy."
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Elwood P Dowd
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:23 AM
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Does New Orleans have more oil than Iran?
Will Bush Pioneers and Rangers make more money off a new war or off the cleanup and rebuilding of New Orleans.
BushCo is a business arrangement, not a Presidency.
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:24 AM
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But we had domestic problems that should have trumped the Iraq war and they still went ahead...
It is all about Dominionism and PNAC, I am afraid.
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Pirate Smile
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:25 AM
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4. I can't think like that right now. Sorry. |
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:50 AM
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11. that's ok, I completely understand considering |
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I only decided to post this after I thought about it for a while. I figured it is just as valid as any other post predicting the future after the hurricane. I just hope that everyone is ok and the least amount of damage happens as possible.
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:28 AM
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5. sure! the contract possibilities are staggering |
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lots of opportunity for lots of no-bid contracts!
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:29 AM
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6. if 9/11 couldn't derail them from invading Iraq... |
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Edited on Mon Aug-29-05 01:30 AM by GloriaSmith
then I don't see how the end of New Orleans could keep this administration from invading Iran.
:cry:
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:32 AM
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7. But 9/11 was the reason Bush was able to go into Iraq |
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:45 AM
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10. He was planning the invasion long before 9/11.... |
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he took a horrible event and twisted it in order to fit his plan. If the admin is bold enough, the destruction of oil refineries could be used as an excuse to invade Iran...as well as the tired old excuse of WMD and terrorism. I would love to be wrong, but if it happened, I wouldn't be surprised.
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:53 AM
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12. I suppose the Nazis could have just been |
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opportunistic after the Reichstag. I just saw 9/11 as being way too convenient for what this administration clearly wanted to do. I'm not sure how they would do so, but if they can in any way use this to bolster support for Iran, they definitely will.
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:35 AM
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8. No-bid contracts for the reconstruction...in the US! |
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All freakin' right. If I'm sitting in the White House, I'd see this as another fabulous opportunity to enrich my buddies in the corporate world. Just award them billion-dollar contracts and look the other way when they pocket most of the cash. Who gives a fuck about the country! It's either own or be owned in our society, and I want to be the owner. I already got my piece of the cake; let the rest fight over the scraps!
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:41 AM
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isnt it Irans fault? :sarcasm:
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:53 AM
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13. As crazy as these neoCons are? No telling. |
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Hell, they might think it's a fine DISTRACTION from an attack on Iran.
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Mon Aug-29-05 01:58 AM
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14. As horrible as I feel for posting this... |
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...yes? I don't mean to make light of the tragedy we're about to witness, but: it might slow Them down a bit. Maybe.
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Mon Aug-29-05 02:04 AM
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It won't. However, may cut down on recruits. Have you noticed most at the Dome are poor and/or black? And most of the NG are in Iraq.
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