The last, for now, of the articles. --Tim
X-From_: tcmay@got.net Sat Feb 21 13:11:09 1998 X-Delivered: at request of tcmay on always Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 13:14:07 -0800 From: tcmay@got.net (Tim May) To: tcmay@got.net Subject: Re: Anthrax--The Four Horsemen are Riding Newsgroups: scruz.general Organization: None
In article <cbishop-2102981021400001@cbishop.sc.scruznet.com>, cbishop@scruznet.com wrote:
In article <6cm4nv$edi$1@shell3.ba.best.com>, obob@shell3.ba.best.com (Bob O`Brien) wrote:
In article <34ee3039.1340384@cnews.newsguy.com>, mmelpremo@cruzio.com <mmelpremo@cruzio.com> wrote:
It seems Clinton has backed himself into a corner on the situation, and now has the choice of bombing Iraq or backing down from threats of bombing Iraq. Both are losing propositions.
I'm also interested in hearing everyone else's opinions, as well, since I'm still trying to form one.
At the end of the last "war", Saddam _personally_agreed_ to the UN's plan that would have accomplished all the inspections IN FIFTEEN DAYS.
[Bob's for military action agains Iraq]
If the UN had accomplished the inspections in fifteen days, would they have been done and not done any more inspections?
The realpolik of it all is that the last thing the "Oil Patch" wants is Iraq pumping a couple million barrels of oil and selling it on the world market.
When oil prices plummeted in the mid-80s, Texas was hit hardly. Texas oil men were wiped out, refineries were closed, and the seeds of the S&L collapse were nurtured. (The seeds of the S&L collapse were of course planted when the government agreed to bail out banks and S&Ls, regardless of the risks they took.)
Many of George Bush's friends, and even his own investments (Zapata, for example), were affected.
Iraq was expected to pump more of the oil from the disputed oilfields than the Kuwaitis were willing to pump.
As the war evolved, oil prices went up, and the Texans were partly saved.
Having any final settlement of the Iraqi situation, and thus having them further depress the world oil price, would be unacceptable to the Oil Boys.
Oil prices have been falling again, even with Iraq out of the oil market. Prices for light sweet crude are down to around $16 a barrel, maybe less. Texas is feeling the pinch again.
A coincidence that the saber rattling suddenly is picking up?
Wouldn't it be great for the Oil Boys if a war with Iraq spread, and maybe took out the Kuwaiti and even Saudi oil fields? Oil at $30 a barrel would shure be a purty sight to them good ole boys.
Call me a cynic, but nothing is as simple as the sheeple are being led to believe.
--Tim May
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