From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Mark wrote:
> Time will tell John, time will tell.  every step so far, so I'm not betting on your pessimistic take today,
> anymore than I was at the outset>
>

ROFL.

Found any WMD yet?

Have the Iraqis stopped celebrating, feeling liberated, showing our troops
with flower yet?

Has the insurgency died down yet?

Is the pottery barn rule going to be kept to or are you going to try &
do a runner?

Adam

> "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
> news:vshvo1t0s3r5l8fuo1b9hsorait7ec538f{at}4ax.com...
>
>>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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