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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Saltah'na: [QB] [i]"You mean he formulated an energy policy with the advice of people who knew something about energy!? How DARE he!"[/i] At best, I think that energy policy should be formulated by both sides of the coin (traditional and alternative sources). I also think Jay is saying that this is not the case. That the committee is stacked with oil interests only, and nothing else. It is also easy to make the connection from the interests of the committee to Iraq itself. I agree that the concept of war for oil is hypothetical. I'm not sure I believe it myself yet. But the issue here is not whether there is a conflict of interest, but the APPEARANCE of conflict (lookie ma, I just made a Law and Order reference). Looking at what we see here, it's hard to say that the war is NOT about oil as Bush and co will say otherwise. [i]"Because, horror of horrors, private companies organize peoples' skills in an efficient manner, use those skills to make money, and pay those employees for their services!"[/i] Efficient? Just ask Enron. And WorldCom. The way I see it, profits come first before paying their employees for their services. I've heard many companies laying off employees even though they make decent profits. That's efficiency, right? [i]"it's because the oil was under immediate threat from Hussein, and the civilians in Baghdad aren't."[/i] You already stated that the war against Iraq was to free the citizens from an oppressive regime. So why are you now saying that they are not under "immediate threat" from Hussein? [i]"Like all those SCUDs they found?"[/i] So I hear that the SCUDs were illegal. Fine. But none had any trace of WMDs in it. I'd like to see them being used before I believe it. [i]"But I trust them to be who they are, and they don't like North Korea. I thus trust their presence on Kim's ass to keep them in check to some degree."[/i] Shouldn't we trust Iran then? "The Enemy of my enemy is my friend?" [/QB][/QUOTE]
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