[Vision2020] Re: LMT reporting US losses

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Matt,

I suspect you'd call me ignorant no matter what I said, but what the hell, 
I'll reply anyway.  I think the war in Iraq is entirely unrelated to the 
so-called war on terror.  I'm not sure how one wages a war on a tactic, but 
Iraq is a separate and unrelated war.

I disagree with what Phil says about the war not being about oil.  I think 
it's about securing access to Middle-East oil; I think one of the goals was 
to be able to move our troops out of Saudi Arabia, and into Iraq.  I don't 
know if the Administration is starting to give up on that one as things are 
going so poorly; I wonder what is going on with the plan for long-term 
bases.  Our 'liberal free press' hasn't done a good job keeping us informed 
about that aspect of the occupation.

I see Ted has also raised the issue of the long-term bases, so I won't say 
any more.

If Iraq's oil is being used to rebuild Iraq and make it a better country, 
it's a pretty well-kept secret.  Someone ought to let the Iraqis know about 
it.  They seem to have gotten the idea, from watching what goes on around 
them, that reconstruction is about American companies lining their pockets 
while they stay unemployed.

I think the notion that we have the right to invade other countries to make 
them better is a dangerous and arrogant one.  Perhaps we should demonstrate 
that we can rebuild the Gulf Coast before we go around invading countries 
that haven't harmed us and killing their people.

Sunil


>From: "Matt Decker" <mattd2107 at hotmail.com>
>To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com, rhayes at turbonet.com
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Re: LMT reporting US losses
>Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 08:00:17 -0800
>
>Sunil,
>
>Isn't the war, a war on terrorism.Thus the war in afganistan, Indonsia, 
>Phillipines, Iraq, and even Sudan. With all of these countries involved, I 
>think its a little ignorant to say "this" war is about oil.
>
>Secondly, If the oil in Iraq is being used to rebuild Iraq and make it a 
>better country, isn't that a good thing?
>
>