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Originally posted by slithy toves:
Wow, Kristoff. You are certainly impressed with your own intellectual superiority. When it's quiet, do you hear the black helicopters coming for you? Do you also count yourself among those who believe that Bush, Gore, and the royal family are shape-shifting, baby-eating lizards?No one has "covered-up" the fact that most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi citizens. This does not necessarily implicate the Saudi government. If there is a government in that region that desperately needs our backing, it is the Saudi government. Of course, that doesn't mean that they WEREN'T involved. They are as duplicitous as any "government."
As far as giving "dibs" on the oil, the US government has repeatedly stated that the oil belongs to the Iraqi people. However, assuming they are being disingenuous, should we be troubled by the fact that they have purposely excluded countries who took an active involvement in arming Saddam over the last 12 years? Why exactly did France need to help Iraq develop nuclear power when Iraq is one of the most oil rich countries in the world? Iraq had no need for nuclear power; only a madman's desire drove the transaction.
As the Iraqi people gain more confidence that the US and Britain aren't going to stiff them again, they will continue to show increasing gratitude for being released from a megalomaniacal dictator and his psychopathic offspring. Only the US representatives have maintained an active interest in their welfare, providing medical assistance, food and water. The Saddam stooges continue to torture and abuse them as they grasp desperately for power.
