From: John Cuccia 

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 21:51:14 -0500, "Mark"  wrote:

>
>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>news:stcvo1htib3hfk1sbifncfetci9fa9d6at{at}4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 11:22:33 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>> In Baghdad, political leaders on Wednesday reacted to the deal with
>>>> astonishment.
>>>
>>>I bet!  (but who didn't see it coming?)
>>
>> Good question.  Who didn't see it coming?
>
>I imagine when we get the real story, we'll find that the political leaders
>were astonished that a foreign company was willing to invest in drilling
>capacity during a still unsettled period in a new democracy.

That's quite a load of bullshit from someone who has been whining about the
willingness of foreign companies (and governents) to invest in drilling
capacity through the oil-for-food program for a couple of years now.  And
while the future Kurdish state may wind up as a democracy, I see little
hope the that the Shi'ite and Sunni parts of Iraq will fare as well.

>There's been tons of whining about less production than
"pre-dictatorship"
>levels from you lefties (with the implication that dicatorship is good if
>oil production was high), but when someone wants to do something about it
>you scream louder than ever on the other side 

I'm not whining.  I'm just pointing out the fact that the constitution and
on which your side hangs it hat on hen it points to progress in Iraq is a
farce.

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