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dronestar Member Posts: 1407 From: usa Joined: |
GDR writes: Shouldn't the west be just as concerned about justice in his case as they were for Bin Laden? I am unsure of your point. Do you mean NOT concerned at all about justice or Kony? . . .
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quote: It is my opinion that the boogeyman, Bin Laden, was more useful alive for Bush Jr. to use against terrified and ignorant americans while invading Afghanistan to capture energy resources and establish hegemony in the area. I don't think it is a violation of Godwin's law to compare war criminals Bush Jr. and Hitler. Now, if Kony's environment had energy resources or strategic significance like Iran does, I am sure Obama would suddenly find him "threatening" too.
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dronestar Member Posts: 1407 From: usa Joined: |
jar writes: And the US has NOT captured and controlled oil fields in either Afghanistan or Iraq. Then I guess all the american servicemen have died in vain just like all those ignorant but "patriotic" german troops who invaded Poland. 1. (it's the pipeline that goes through Afghanistan that delivers the natural gas that america wants to control. December 4, 1997 (BEFORE 9/11). Taleban in Texas for talks on gas pipeline http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/west_asia/37021.stm) 2. . . . a central component of the Persian Gulf resources that the State Department, in 1945, described as "a stupendous source of strategic power, and one of the greatest material prizes in world history", namely the region's vast reserves of crude oil. Middle Eastern oil was regarded in Washington as "probably the richest economic prize in the world in the field of foreign investment", in what President Eisenhower described as the most "strategically important area in the world".http://www.chomsky.info/articles/20021203.htm 3. Read the mission statement for the now discredited Project for the New American Century. Bush Jr.'s cabinet comprised most of these members. Since 1998 (BEFORE 9/11) they strongly pushed for an Iraqi invasion to secure Iraqi's energy resources and to exert America's lone superpower status. 4. Read about the Hydrocarbon Act. Except for three scant lines, the entire 33-page hydrocarbon law creates a structure to facilitate the privatization of Iraq’s oil. Simply put, the resolution demands the privatization of Iraqi oil by blocking over a billion dollars in reconstruction funds if the Iraqis refuse to comply. Its passage sends a strong message that the United States is not in Iraq to help the Iraqi people or defend democracy, but that this war is solely about oil. Kucinich: Congress Endorses Blackmail of Iraq
http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?Docume... 5. When American troops illegally and immorally invaded Iraq, the troops didn't guard the hospitals, police precincts, or museums of priceless, ancient antiquities. But, what did they guard successfully? Answer: The Ministry of OIL Building. 5. Dick Chaney's secret meetings with Oil Companies.America faces a major energy supply crisis over the next two decades, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham told a National Energy Summit on March 19, 2001. The failure to meet this challenge will threaten our nation’s economic prosperity, compromise our national security, and literally alter the way we lead our lives. The Washington Post reported on November 15, 2005 that it had obtained documents detailing how executives from major oil corporations, including Exxon-Mobil Corp., Conoco, Royal Dutch Shell Oil Corp., and the American subsidiary of British Petroleum met with Energy Task Force participants while they were developing national energy policy. Vice President Cheney was reported to have met personally with the Chief Executive Officer of BP (formerly British Petroleum) during the time of the Energy Task Force's activities. On July 18, 2007, the Washington Post reported the names of those involved in the Task Force, . . . Among those in the meetings were James J. Rouse, then vice president of Exxon Mobil and a major donor to the Bush inauguration; Kenneth L. Lay, then head of Enron Corp. . . . Red Cavaney, president of the American Petroleum Institute; and Eli Bebout, an old friend of Cheney's from Wyoming who serves in the state Senate and owns an oil and drilling company.[12] Most of the activities of the Energy Task Force have not been disclosed to the public, even though Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests (since 19 April 2001) have sought to gain access to its materials. Energy Task Force - Wikipedia I'm off-topic, you can have the last word.
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dronestar Member Posts: 1407 From: usa Joined:
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Jon writes: The whole continent is rife with corruption. But I guess that's the nature of the colonial legacy. And since it's our fault, I suppose it's our job to fix the shit too. AE writes: not OUR fault. It the Europeans and the UKians fault. Referring to the WHOLE continent, not just Uganda . . .
quote: Liberia - Wikipedia My point is only that America is an African colonizer too. Edited by dronester, : clarity
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dronestar Member Posts: 1407 From: usa Joined: |
Alas, the saying 'A poor man shames us all' is NOT an american expression.
(Actually, the republican version is "A poor man shames his self for being lazy. And I wish he, his family, and his race, was dead.")
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