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Grex > Agora47 > #216: US bans anti-war countries from Iraq deals | |
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sj2
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response 25 of 50:
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Dec 13 16:32 UTC 2003 |
Hehehehe .... yeah sure.
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rcurl
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response 26 of 50:
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Dec 13 18:38 UTC 2003 |
And France, Germany and Russia can say that it would help them to erase
Iraq's debts if they could win some reconstruction contracts....
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khamsun
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response 27 of 50:
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Dec 13 18:58 UTC 2003 |
Re 17-22:
damn! I realize now that "Bush" is a trade name for a beer !
I'm now in Flanders, drinking X-mas Bush beer, an ale of Dubuisson
brewery in Belgium (no connections with that sort of tasteless Bush
liquid from the us...). Belgian beer rules!
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krj
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response 28 of 50:
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Dec 13 20:59 UTC 2003 |
Re: beer in Iraq :: actually I might expect that beer was available
in Iraq, at least up to the first Gulf War. Saddam ran a secular
state, only turning to Islam as a rallying point in that war, and
Iraq has a Christian population who were not bound by religious
restrictions on alcohol. I don't have any direct knowledge, though.
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tpryan
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response 29 of 50:
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Dec 13 21:23 UTC 2003 |
Look at what was saved:
Party in power business as usual would be to keep the
awards secret, let few in on the bids anyway. Wait for the
invesitagtion, the secret tapes turn their faces red. Truth
might get out anyway.
Seems like a deal to me.
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lk
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response 30 of 50:
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Dec 14 07:27 UTC 2003 |
So I'm guessing that the Bush team is using the contracts as a
negotiating chip. Some debts will be forgiven, some contracts
will be awarded....
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twenex
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response 31 of 50:
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Dec 14 15:18 UTC 2003 |
Ken - Yes, Iraq was sa secular *state*, but the majority of people are
Muslim. Most European countries are secular (as indeed is the US), but
in all those countries Christian religious festivals form the backbone
of the festive season(s). I should imagine that the same would happen
in a secular Iraq, whether ruled by Saddam or run democratically (if
that'll ever happen).
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sj2
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response 32 of 50:
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Dec 14 15:38 UTC 2003 |
Count out Saddamm now ;)
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gull
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response 33 of 50:
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Dec 14 16:18 UTC 2003 |
Yup, he was found cowering in a hole in the ground. Good riddance.
Hopefully this will take some of the punch out of the opposition.
Now, if we could just capture Osama (anyone remember him?) we'd really
have something...
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happyboy
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response 34 of 50:
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Dec 14 18:35 UTC 2003 |
yeah, THAT would be impressive.
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jmsaul
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response 35 of 50:
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Dec 14 19:25 UTC 2003 |
Re #33: Cardinal Ashcroft will get you for implying that Saddam didn't
blow up the WTC!
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scott
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response 36 of 50:
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Dec 14 20:15 UTC 2003 |
Still waiting on the WMDs we were promised.
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tpryan
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response 37 of 50:
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Dec 14 21:17 UTC 2003 |
Okay, we tell Sadam that America will not execute him if
he cooperats in finding stashes of weapons. Then money. Then
continuing opposition leaders.
Then we let new Iraq execute him.
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mary
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response 38 of 50:
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Dec 14 22:57 UTC 2003 |
So if he was telling the truth all along, and Iraq no longer has
WMD, he gets executed. Sounds like something most American's
could support.
The man needs to be tried in Iraq by Iraqis. With Iraqis
making the rules.
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klg
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response 39 of 50:
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Dec 15 04:02 UTC 2003 |
Then, he should be tried in Kuwait for the invasion and subsequent
crimes. Then, he should be tried in Israel for firing scud missiles
into its cities. Then, let the Kurds have a shot at him.
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sj2
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response 40 of 50:
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Dec 15 04:49 UTC 2003 |
*Yawn*
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sj2
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response 41 of 50:
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Dec 15 04:50 UTC 2003 |
So, which is the next media circus in town?
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sj2
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response 42 of 50:
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Dec 15 04:52 UTC 2003 |
Hehehe, what if he pleads insanity? Now that shouldn't be difficult to
prove. ;)
Infact, the US/Allies have already painted him as a psychopath/maniac.
Go, ask Bush. "He tried to kill my daddy"!!!
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drew
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response 43 of 50:
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Dec 15 07:26 UTC 2003 |
Easy. Give him a lobotomy.
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other
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response 44 of 50:
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Dec 15 11:28 UTC 2003 |
Cut off his hands and his tongue and set him free.
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rcurl
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response 45 of 50:
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Dec 15 16:13 UTC 2003 |
On the original subject...it finally occurred to me that it would not be
*countries* that would be bidding on Iraq reconstruction proposals, but
corporations, most of which are international in their dealings. It does
not seem logical for Bush to think it matters in what country they have
their main offices. That has nothing to do with the politics of the
countries, to which he objects.
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sj2
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response 46 of 50:
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Dec 15 16:24 UTC 2003 |
Re #45, :) It just gets weirder by the day.
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jp2
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response 47 of 50:
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Dec 15 16:50 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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klg
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response 48 of 50:
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Dec 15 17:11 UTC 2003 |
Mr. saddam cannot be insane. Proof?? He doesn't have a grex log on
i.d., does he?
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gull
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response 49 of 50:
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Dec 15 17:23 UTC 2003 |
And here I thought Republicans felt free trade was a good thing. ;>
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