[Aurel]

Here are some facts to fuel the discussion:

1- Rumsfeld, Perle, Wolfovitz and some others are the ones who have been pushing for this war way before 9/11. None of them has been in the military (except Powell, and he was the most moderate). Indeed, the real military guys have advised against the war. Ask Norman Schwarzkopff about it. If war would be, they also advised to send more troops, and Rumsfeld did not listen. Maybe now he will.

2. If you watch other news than CNN or Fox, you will see that american troops are not so welcome by the iraqui people. And the british intelligence had forecast that. Again, Rumsfeld did not listen...

3. Blair and Chirac just met. Blair is upset because no reconstruction contracts have been awarded to british companies. He feels he got screwed...

4. All the Bush buddies who are responsible for the current state of affairs have made their fortune in the oil business, and are now trying to mask this fact: Cheney got out of Halliburton, Condoleeza Rice had a supertanker in her name debaptized...Also, the bin Laden and Bush Families were investing in the same company, the Caryle Group. What does this tell you ?

5. Saying that France has financial interrests in oil with Iraq is true, but the truth also is that ELF-TotalFina has a lot of american pension funds invested in it. So, at the end, it is also american money.

6. We are still waiting to see those weapons of mass destruction.

To conclude, things are a little more complicated than they appear on CNN or Fox News. And I don`t have the whole true picture in the greatest scheme of things either.

Aurel