tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610098701295003985.post1657863918260060810..comments2024-02-25T02:18:34.100-08:00Comments on UNREPENTANT.....: IRAQ...OIL...WAR...GREENSPAN JOINS THE DOTSGabrielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11842473772696324319noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610098701295003985.post-15601392244735028022014-03-07T02:48:28.957-08:002014-03-07T02:48:28.957-08:00Thanks for your post on the travel industry. I'...Thanks for your post on the travel industry. <a href="http://drain-cleaner.blogspot.com/2012/01/ace-pro-drain-cleaner.html" rel="nofollow">I'd also like</a> to add that if you're a senior thinking about traveling, it's absolutely imperative that you buy travel insurance for senior citizens. When traveling, senior citizens are at greatest risk of getting a healthcare emergency. Obtaining the right insurance coverage package for the age group can protect your health and give you peace of mind.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867911449592584819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610098701295003985.post-68102402645605477752007-11-08T16:33:00.000-08:002007-11-08T16:33:00.000-08:00GATESGates heads the army and he saysThat these co...GATES<BR/><BR/>Gates heads the army and he says<BR/>That these could be the best of days,<BR/>"Just heed that little realist,<BR/>Nor opportunities be missed."<BR/><BR/>Another Gates (what, are there more)<BR/>Has charitable ideas galore,<BR/>Such as installing in the schools<BR/>His microsofty clever tools.<BR/><BR/>How can there be so many Gates,<BR/>Is this a kind of profligates?<BR/><BR/>Reminds me of a time when Nixon<BR/>Had time to get his dirty licks in,<BR/>Amidst a war some thought was great,<BR/>His water - loo or water - gate.<BR/><BR/>Reagan sold arms-for-hostages,<BR/>And people still remember this<BR/>As "Iran-Contra-Gate" so to<BR/>Pay homage where homage is due.<BR/><BR/>Methinks there are so many gates,<BR/>Is this a kind of profligates?<BR/><BR/>(Waters too--but I´ll take whitewater<BR/>A million times before blackwater.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610098701295003985.post-65536455931323683362007-10-10T06:23:00.000-07:002007-10-10T06:23:00.000-07:00In a sense Gates is even correct, though he does n...In a sense Gates is even correct, though he does not know it, when he said it is about "stability in the Gulf" if by stability we mean the existance sub-imperialist client states like Israel and Turkey, or semi-colonial dependencies like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. This is great stability for the global economy and for capital accumulation. Just keep freindly client states around to do some of the dirty work for you.Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10200754644557621949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1610098701295003985.post-2875059148968930032007-09-17T19:03:00.000-07:002007-09-17T19:03:00.000-07:00Here's my theory Greenspan is telling the truth ab...Here's my theory Greenspan is telling the truth about everything *except* not knowing that the sub prime crisis would come up.<BR/><BR/>His thinking, and that of the US ruling class, was that Iraq would be quickly occupied and that a good chunk of that 97% profit rate on Iraqi oil would be going to the US -- lessening the impact of the sub prime crisis.<BR/><BR/>The occupation of Iraq has not been successful - the resistance is weak militarily but the idea that the occupiers should leave and can be legitimately attacked is near hegemonic.<BR/><BR/>Greenspan's out of the loop now and is essentially doing publicity for his book -- but the story is quite amazing and his view of the UK economy is startling for an adviser of Gordon Brown.<BR/><BR/>It's good to see that he didn't try and propound the cliched:<BR/><BR/>"The Iraq war was justified but the public were given the wrong reasons and it failed because of the neo-cons / Bush's idiocy / lack of planning"-type excuse.Charlie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770820928636046622noreply@blogger.com