Mission Accomplished: Big Oil's Occupation of Iraq

[Matilda]

Has Junior been successful after all? I had hoped that the wheels
were falling off his wagon at last, but according to this article,
that's not the case.

"The Bush administration's covert plan to help energy companies
steal Iraq's oil could be just weeks away from fruition, and the
implications are staggering: continued price-gouging by Big Oil,
increased subjugation of the Iraqi people, more US troops in Iraq,
and a greater likelihood for a US invasion of Iran."

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/1203-23.htm


It makes very depressing reading, but I know Heather Wokusch is a
respected journalist, and as Britain is also involved it certainly
goes a long way to explain why Tony Blair has held on for so long
to the Bush line on Iraq.


On edit; sp

[Erika]

1. Bush will have to persuade American troops to enlist

They won't be there.

[tsetaerg]

2. DRAFT...have u heard of it

if levels in the armed forces drop farther..they will draft. All of the keys are in place...seniors in high school have been put on the lists for years. Your local draft board is healthy and ready to serve.
they can start fill quotas in weeks. Believe me they will.

[Erika]

3. No, they won't

W has no credibility any longer.

[tsetaerg]

4. sorry,they will

ask any 18 yr old or 19 yr old, if they signed the draft notices they got in the mail.

[Erika]

5. Signing draft notices is a different thing

Not many of our kids will enlist is Bush's wars for oil.

[tsetaerg]

6. in the vietnam war

u had three ops..go to war,go to canada,go to jail..don't see any change in the ops.

[Erika]

7. huh?

Nam was a draft situation.

[tsetaerg]

8. true..

if we go to war with Iran...the middle east will become a one too. we are spread to thin...to get numbers we will draft.

[Neil Lisst]

9. There are currently no indications a draft would be possible.

It is true that young men have to sign up for selective service. If you get any kind of federal money for college and you are male, you WILL sign up for the selective service.

However, even with a volunteer military, the US public doesn't want troops in Iraq over the long run. There is ZERO support for a draft. It won't happen.

[Vitruvius]

10. KICK

:kick: