On 16 May 2004 17:51:18 GMT, Damned Liberal wrote:
(Jeffrey C. Dege) wrote in
:

On 16 May 2004 17:33:40 GMT, Damned Liberal
wrote:

Where are the WMDs?

Being trucked into Jordan from Syria in multi-ton lots, by al Qaeda
operatives.

Haven't you been paying any attention at all?

I guess American's knowledge of geography really is that bad.

Are you saying that the geography of the area prevents material from
being trucked from Iraq to Syria or from Syria to Jordan?

Why else would we invade the wrong country?
oh yeah, oil.

If Iraq hadn't had oil, Saddam wouldn't have had been the threat that
he was. So oil certainly has some bearing on the issue.

But if you're trying to pretend that we're going to make a profit off
of this by selling off Iraqi oil - it's a farcical claim.

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