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On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:50:25 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net> wrote:

>In article <igmm8v82tq5ga16pl...@4ax.com>, 
>l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk says...
>> Brad Martin <br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> >On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 23:13:53 +0100, Memnoch
>> ><mem...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >>On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:44:01 +0100, Lemming <l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk>
>> >>wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>>In article <69bd8v458mvtbt77q...@4ax.com>, 
>> >>>>l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk says...
>> >>>>> comstar <com...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>> >>>>> 
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> >Bret Ripley wrote:
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> >> In article <b5vjto$6ru$1...@slb9.atl.mindspring.net>, un...@mindspring.com
>> >>>>> >> says...
>> >>>>> >> > how soon?
>> >>>>> >>
>> >>>>> >> <MarathonManMode>
>> >>>>> >>
>> >>>>> >> Soon.  Very soon.  So soon you wouldn't believe it.
>> >>>>> >>
>> >>>>> >> *BZZZZZZZRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE*
>> >>>>> >>
>> >>>>> >> No, not soon.  Not soon at all.
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> >    I saw that same line used at the latest colation briefing in Quatar
>> >>>>> >about the war in Iraq.
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> >I take it to mean you havn't got a clue either. Pity.
>> >>>>> 
>> >>>>> Hey, be fair.  They didn't "wargame" the "enemy" fighting back.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Maybe they blew their whole budget on marketing?
>> >>>
>> >>>I just want to know how they hope to win the "hearts and minds" of the
>> >>>"enemy" when they can't even win the "hearts and minds" of their own
>> >>>"electorate".
>> >>
>> >>Not only that but slaughtering the very people you are trying to win over
>> >>doesn't help. And slaughtering the people you arre slaughtering those people
>> >>with as well. If I was a Brit squadie and was told to get on an American
>> >>chopper now I'd tell 'em I'd walk to Basra!
>> >
>> >Is the world not perfect then? That's a terrible shock.
>> 
>> I'm just please they have found all those chemical and biological
>> weapons.  Makes the whole thing worthwhile.  What a relief.
>
>Surely you are not suggesting that finding such weapons would make the 
>whole thing worthwhile?
>
>Tsk tsk.
>
>Bret

It's the oil that will make it worthwhile. How else will they pay off the 70
billion they have so far budgeted for the war?