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Aaron Kulkis wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Drew wrote:
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<pre wrap="">* Aaron Kulkis <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:akulkis3@hotpop.com"><akulkis3@hotpop.com></a> wrote
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<pre wrap="">As soon as the "surge" plan was announced, things quieted down.
People don't seem to understand how the mere appearance of
ow, conversely, not wavering
encourages many of the enemy to call it quits and go back to
living a normal, peaceful lifestyle.
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<pre wrap="">For my part, if there are going to be US troops occupying an Arab country, I would that they at least GRAB THE OIL!!!
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That's the funnies part... for all of the ACCUSATIONS that this
whole thing was simply an oil grab, then why are most of the troops
here in Baghdad (not an oil well within a one fuel-tank range of
a humvee)... and NO U.S. troops in the oil fields....
The people who spout that nonsense are beyond ignorant.
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Yeah, spending $2 billion a week is far more than all the oil they
could possibly produce if there wasn't a civil war destroying so much.<br>
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-dave<br>
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