Paranoia will destroy ya.
--- Gary Sutherland <gary (at) HarrowdenIT .D.O.T co.uk> wrote:
> I'm wondering what will happen if the Iraqis elect someone Bush doesn't
> like or want elected. Will they declare it null and void and start
> again? Will they just ignore the result? It'll be interesting to see
> just how much democracy he's prepared to tolerate.
>
> Cheers
> Gary
>
> Bill Arnold wrote:
>
> >The whole thing is a sham, from soup to nuts.
> >
> >The unspoken part of it all is that gambit in the first place was for
> >authority in the ME, with Iraq as the linchpin. There is no way that the
> >powers-that-be (the neocons who control the Pentagon and are pulling
> >Bush's strings) are going to give up their entire gambit by allowing a
> >non-puppet gov't to form that wants the 'occupier' to leave, and that's
> >guaranteed because no puppet gov't in the occupied country can survive
> >without the occupier.
> >
> >It's sort of like a business maneuver made famous by Sears & Roebuck,
> >where the predator company builds up the victim company's business,
> >dominates orders, and then threatens to pull out, which will collapse
> >the victim company. Of course the victim company isn't going to tell the
> >predator to pull out, because that would ruin the victim company.
> >
> >But the offer was made, because it looks good in the press, but everyone
> >knows the victim isn't going anywhere.
> >
> >Didn't ANYBODY notice there were no names and no platforms?
> >
> >The real deal with Iraq is power and control in the ME. It has nothing
> >to do with freedom and democracy in Iraq, which the string-pullers have
> >absolutely no interest in - as evidenced by the mountain of people
> >killed and the destruction of the country. It's all about power. It's
> >been that way since day # 1, and all the BS in between isn't going to
> >change that one bit.
> >
> >Before pooh-poohing me on this, think about this: if we really wanted to
> >spread freedom and democracy, we would first fix what's broken about it
> >right here, and then spread it by showing off the wonders of it all.
> >With modern communications, only available in the last decade or so,
> >there is no way that people in other countries wouldn't see it and want
> >something that great for themselves, and that would be enough to spark
> >the changes needed. Sure, it would take time, but that's way better then
> >this charade. Today, we are so duped, we can't tell which way is up
> >anymore.
> >
> >Oh, and there's the small matter of paying for all this. Even a simple
> >accounting shows the gambit has cost a third of a TRILLION dollars SO
> >FAR, undoubtedly much more once all related costs are factored in. The
> >financial impact of this is going to reverberate here for a very long
> >time. Soon we're going to hear about our "choices" on social security
> >and other social programs, probably all of them. They will all be cut.
> >Of course! The money's been siphoned off! How can we be so stupid as to
> >not see the connection?
> >
> >
> >
> >Bill
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