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   From: hcharper@goldenvalleycable.com   
      
   David Loewe, Jr. wrote:   
      
   > Did we belong when Iraq invaded Kuwait?  Was the region more stable when   
   > Iran and Iran were engaged in their bloody war?   
      
   Are we now to spend a month arguing what "stable" is and for whom?   
      
   Plain and simple, that was all about the oil, and US access to it in the   
   future. We didn't and still don't care about that region's stability as   
   long as we have access to the oil, and they leave the Jews alone.   
      
   We consider oil of "strategic interest", since "supplies are limited".   
   Cutting off Arab oil from the USA would incite panic and riots, and   
   cause tremendous loss of life as highway gangs tried to secure access to   
   local supplies. Didn't anyone watch Mad Max or Road Warrior movies? Take   
   that terror and cube it for an idea of what the USA would do without all   
   the oil it wants. We're unrepentant addicts about oil.   
      
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