being the reserve currency of the world. What price are we paying to
maintain that?
On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Keith In Tampa <keithintampa@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Leroy,
>
> First, I dispute that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are only over oil.
> To prove my point, if this were the case, why didn't we just keep the oil
> fields that we had taken back in the first Gulf war? Why didn't we just
> nationalize the oil fields in Iraq back five or six years ago? The same
> logic applies with the Trans-Afghanistan oil pipeline? That dawg won't
> hunt....
>
> Having said the above, there is no question that havng free and
> unrestricted access to the oil in the Southest Asian region is imperative to
> our national interests. it was our techology, our know-how, our
> equipment, our man-power, our resources and our dollars that found the
> oil, drilled for the oil, pumped the oil, and transported the oil to
> refineries and to market.
>
> Whether you like it, or don't like it, Western civilization is based on
> hydrocarbons, from the clothes that you wear, to the food that you eat, to
> the toilet that you shit upon, not to mention every single source of energy
> and transportation that you utilize. Yep, oil is no question very
> important, and it is in our national interests to keep those sources of oil
> viable and flowing.
>
> War, (to include "police actions" such as we are involved in Afghanistan
> and to a lesser degree Iraq) suck. War is Hell. Folks die. Innocent
> folks. Not so innocent folks. There is collateral damage. There is intended
> damage. Nothing pretty, nothing really good coming out of a war.
>
> Other than to protect our national interests. (See Above).
>
> If we had it all over to do again, would we choose another course of
> action? I don't have the answer to that, but I would think so. It turned
> out that Iraq was not as much of a threat as was first suspicioned, but
> "We" all believed that Hussein was a threat, and when I say, "We"; I mean
> the Saudis, the Egyptians, the Russians, all of the European Union, our
> CIA, the MI5, etc., etc., etc.
>
> I will agree that I don't have a clue what we are doing in Afghanistan
> today. I don't see a real exit strategy, and I don't know the purpose of
> what the Hell we are doing there in 2011.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 9:09 AM, lbiglee75 <leroys501@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Keith, do you mean that the one we have now is right? Costing us lives
>> and bankrupting our nation. Their talking about the only way out of
>> our dilemma is another world war. Do you think for one minute that
>> the Global Elite wants Ron Paul's message out? Do you think they want
>> an open hearing about the Fed and the monetary system out? What was
>> the deal made with OPEC to accept our dollar for payment for oil and
>> what has it cost us? I don't care about the money, But the lives is an
>> other matter. Sorry I don't agree with your assessment.
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Keith In Tampa <keithintampa@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Good Morning from Tampa Leroy!
>> >
>> > As I have stated, I think Dr. Paul is brilliant, and exactly on point
>> > with
>> > his fiscal and economic policies. We have now seen most all of the
>> > Republican candidates adopt the majority of what Paul has been saying
>> > for
>> > ten years or more.
>> >
>> > Other than Paul's fiscal and economic policies, Paul is so literally
>> > clueless when it comes to foreign policy, that it makes him dangerous.
>> > Paul is an isolationist, in a very dangerous world.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:22 PM, lbiglee75 <leroys501@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Keith, out of 77.000 votes Kieth what is Ron Paul saying other than he
>> >> believe we the people know better what is best than the Fed's
>> >> dictating to us and telling us what drum beat we must follow. When he
>> >> is given a chance he can hold his own.Believe me all the others will
>> >> be marching to someone beat.
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Keith In Tampa <keithintampa@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Most all conservative pundits gave Paul an F.
>> >> >
>> >> > Again, Paul has staunch supporters. The fifteen hundred or so that
>> >> > are
>> >> > around the Nation are vocal. Much like Moonbats.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:56 PM, plainolamerican
>> >> > <plainolamerican@gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Go RP!!!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Sep 8, 5:54 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
>> >> >> > Thursday, September 8, 2011Truth versus MSNBC (about Ron
>> >> >> > Paul)Robert
>> >> >> > Wenzel
>> >> >> > Last night after the Republican presidential debate, MSNBC
>> >> >> > conducted
>> >> >> > a
>> >> >> > poll online to see who viewers thought won the debate. It was a
>> >> >> > blow
>> >> >> > away
>> >> >> > victory for Ron Paul, below is a bar chart showing the Ron Paul
>> >> >> > win
>> >> >> > and also
>> >> >> > the bar chart that was run by MSNBC. Notice the incorrect
>> >> >> > proportions
>> >> >> > in the
>> >> >> > MSNBC chart showing Rick Perry and Mitt Romney much closer to Ron
>> >> >> > Paul, in
>> >> >> > votes, than they actually were. By the way the MSNBC chart was
>> >> >> > even
>> >> >> > more
>> >> >> > distorted early on. Bob Murphy caught a screenshot of theBig Lie.
>> >> >> > (Thanks 2 John T Foster for the correctly proportioned
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > chart.)http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/09/truth-versus-msnbc-about-ron-paul.html
>> >> >>
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