From: John Cuccia 

On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:11:44 +0000, Adam
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote:

>Yup Sadr vs Badr & Badr are less "problematic" than Sadr.
Sadr gets help
>from Hizbullah etc whereas SCIRI/Badr simply run widescale
>interior/police death squads killing hundreds per month.

Badr gets help from/is based in Iran, so now Bush is negotiating with
terrorists and the Axis of Evil.

>> Of course as soon as the option of backing the Shi'ite majority came
>> up Dick Cheney was summoned by his Masters in Saudi Arabia and
>> threatened with a schismatic war and the destruction of world oil
>> markets.
>>
> If they went toe to toe with the Iranians it would be great for the
>US as they'd compete on lower oil prices.

Bush and Cheney are oilmen. I doubt they think that drastically lower
prices are be great for anybody.

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5