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In reply to the discussion: GOP pre-emptive attack on Susan Rice misfires - USA Today editorial [View all]yurbud
(39,405 posts)31. On Iraq, I was talking very specifically about provisions of the Hydrocarbon Law we tried to force
on them.
http://professorsmartass.blogspot.com/2007/03/iraqi-scholars-pols-say-reject.html
The law we wanted them to adopt would have given 88% of their oil income to the international oil companies and left them with far less than their other oil rich neighbors, like Saudi, Kuwait, and Iran get.
On minimum wage, you only have to look as far as Haiti.
http://www.thenation.com/article/161057/wikileaks-haiti-let-them-live-3-day#
Saddam checked with us before attacking Iran and Kuwait. He got an ambiguous answer on Kuwait, but an unambiguous greenlight and military aid from us to fight Iran. The threat to Saudi was propaganda to scare us into the war.
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Senator Kerry is a good man. He would never resort to tactics like this to get a post.
wisteria
Nov 2012
#8
That's not the way to do it--I'd be very surprised if what you are saying is true.
MADem
Dec 2012
#26
Stupid reasoning. If Kerry isn't picked for SOS, there is a good possibility he could be SOD.
wisteria
Nov 2012
#7
I hope they blow off all their feet with high caliber bullshit and are forced to
geckosfeet
Nov 2012
#6
and the intelligence wasn't "flawed" in Bush admin--it was faked. Cheney pressured CIA to change
yurbud
Nov 2012
#9
Exactly. That whole WMD meme was stated deliberately and without qualification.
SunSeeker
Nov 2012
#10
I wish the term "WMD" would be retired it sounds like Rocky and Bullwinkle childishness
yurbud
Nov 2012
#11
"Rocky and Bullwinkle childishness" is a very good characterization of the sophistication of the
Bill USA
Dec 2012
#13
so intervening in other countries to keep the minimum wage low, dump our crop surpluses so
yurbud
Dec 2012
#24
On Iraq, I was talking very specifically about provisions of the Hydrocarbon Law we tried to force
yurbud
Dec 2012
#31
google "april glaspie," "saddam hussein," and "kuwait" Wikipedia has a good summary of the meeting
yurbud
Dec 2012
#33
I'm familiar with the conversation and quoted it in my previous response...
reACTIONary
Dec 2012
#34