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...and you guys have smashed the record for gloom&doom-wringing-of-hands-no-solution-offerred-plain-old-bush-bashing.
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Longhorn85 said:
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redsamurai said:
he and bush define victory as pushing the inevitable humiliation of pulling out of Iraq in defeat into the term of the next President.
Joe Biden has it exactly right:
Democrat Joe Biden charged Tuesday that President Bush's policies in Iraq are designed to confuse voters and ensure that a chaotic end to the war is delayed until after he leaves office.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070828/ap_on_el_pr/biden_iraq_2
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Mavafanculo said:
defeatist - someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
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Chris Matthews is a pinhead
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Longhorn85 said:
Insanity - Repeatedly doing the same thing while expecting a different outcome.
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saddam was in violation of numerous UN peace agreements from the first Iraq warAAP said:
IMO we went into Iraq to position ourselves for a confrontation with Iran
it was posturing because Iran is the greater threat and always has been the primary reason to go into Iraq
this whole deal still has to be "played" out
we are not done yet
United Arab Emirates et.al. are preparing for a possible Iranian attempt to interdict the strait of hormuz
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http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZW20070827000005/SecMarkets/pagMoney
Monday, Aug 27, 2007
(From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL)
By Matt Chambers
As tensions simmer between the U.S. and Iran, a big energy threat hangs over the world.
Iran has said that if the U.S. attacks, it will respond by disrupting trade through the Strait of Hormuz -- the narrow gateway that tankers use to bring oil from the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world. About two-fifths of the world's seaborne oil passes through the Strait.
Now sheikdoms in the United Arab Emirates -- the third-biggest OPECOPEC oil producer -- are looking at projects that would keep oil and commerce flowing if the Strait is blocked. The U.A.E. won't say the projects are a direct response to Iran's threats -- but the plans would clearly help in the event of an emergency.
Many of the plans center on the U.A.E.'s sleepy eastern coast, which is on the open-ocean side of the Hormuz choke point. Abu Dhabi, the key oil producer among the U.A.E.'s seven semi-autonomous enclaves, is planning an oil pipeline to the eastern emirate of Fujayrah, where it can be carried to the sea without passing through the Strait. And a host of other development is being considered for Fujayrah, including a larger port and the world's biggest liquefied-natural-gas storage and trading hub.
In terms of volume, blocking the Strait of Hormuz "is probably the biggest single energy-security risk that exists in the world," says Lawrence Eagles, head of oil markets at the International Energy Agency, the Paris-based energy watchdog for the world's most industrialized nations. "There is a lot of discussion on these issues, and from an energy-security perspective, it would be very welcome to have any opportunity to bypass the Strait of Hormuz."
For the IEA, the issue is an important one. In the event of an oil disruption, the IEA will likely release emergency stocks held by member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. While at the end of 2006 there were 1.5 billion barrels of oil in the emergency stocks, representing about 88 days of oil output through the Strait, this would take time to coordinate and distribute.
more...
http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZW20070827000005/SecMarkets/pagMoney
Monday, Aug 27, 2007
(From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL)
By Matt Chambers
As tensions simmer between the U.S. and Iran, a big energy threat hangs over the world.
Iran has said that if the U.S. attacks, it will respond by disrupting trade through the Strait of Hormuz -- the narrow gateway that tankers use to bring oil from the Persian Gulf to the rest of the world. About two-fifths of the world's seaborne oil passes through the Strait.
Now sheikdoms in the United Arab Emirates -- the third-biggest OPECOPEC oil producer -- are looking at projects that would keep oil and commerce flowing if the Strait is blocked. The U.A.E. won't say the projects are a direct response to Iran's threats -- but the plans would clearly help in the event of an emergency.
Many of the plans center on the U.A.E.'s sleepy eastern coast, which is on the open-ocean side of the Hormuz choke point. Abu Dhabi, the key oil producer among the U.A.E.'s seven semi-autonomous enclaves, is planning an oil pipeline to the eastern emirate of Fujayrah, where it can be carried to the sea without passing through the Strait. And a host of other development is being considered for Fujayrah, including a larger port and the world's biggest liquefied-natural-gas storage and trading hub.
In terms of volume, blocking the Strait of Hormuz "is probably the biggest single energy-security risk that exists in the world," says Lawrence Eagles, head of oil markets at the International Energy Agency, the Paris-based energy watchdog for the world's most industrialized nations. "There is a lot of discussion on these issues, and from an energy-security perspective, it would be very welcome to have any opportunity to bypass the Strait of Hormuz."
For the IEA, the issue is an important one. In the event of an oil disruption, the IEA will likely release emergency stocks held by member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. While at the end of 2006 there were 1.5 billion barrels of oil in the emergency stocks, representing about 88 days of oil output through the Strait, this would take time to coordinate and distribute.
more...
http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZW20070827000005/SecMarkets/pagMoney
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