"Joe"
Bill Targets Foreign Role at U.S. Sites
Legislation would seek to kill a plan to transfer port control to an
Arab firm, and could affect other deals on national security grounds.

Again, with all due respect, this is but the tip of the iceburg. A few of you
may recall when Nixon took the dollar off the silver standard. Since then major
oil producers have accepted only dollars in payment for oil. This has maintained
the dollars' value despite our constant negative balance of payments. Japan,
Tiawan, China, and all are willing to accept dollars even though the USA has
nothing they want to buy with them because they can use them to buy oil. But
what are the oil producing nations to do with all those dollars? Buy up America
of course! That's the legacy we are leaving to our children and grandchildren.

Throw too much sand and the Arabs will begin selling oil for Euros like Saddam
threatened to do - then where will we be?

"Vito" wrote in message news

Throw too much sand and the Arabs will begin selling oil
for Euros like Saddam
threatened to do - then where will we be?


Invading Europe?

"Vito" wrote in message
...
"Joe"
Bill Targets Foreign Role at U.S. Sites
Legislation would seek to kill a plan to transfer port control to an
Arab firm, and could affect other deals on national security grounds.

Again, with all due respect, this is but the tip of the iceburg. A few of
you
may recall when Nixon took the dollar off the silver standard. Since then
major
oil producers have accepted only dollars in payment for oil. This has
maintained
the dollars' value despite our constant negative balance of payments.
Japan,
Tiawan, China, and all are willing to accept dollars even though the USA
has
nothing they want to buy with them because they can use them to buy oil.
But
what are the oil producing nations to do with all those dollars? Buy up
America
of course! That's the legacy we are leaving to our children and
grandchildren.

Throw too much sand and the Arabs will begin selling oil for Euros like
Saddam
threatened to do - then where will we be?


Iran wants to sell oil in Euros. Prepare for another war.

"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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Iran wants to sell oil in Euros. Prepare for another war.

Jeeze Louise, I hope we go right to nukes this time. These long, protracted
foot soldier conflicts don't make for good nightly news anymore.

Max

"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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Iran wants to sell oil in Euros. Prepare for another war.

Jeeze Louise, I hope we go right to nukes this time. These long,
protracted foot soldier conflicts don't make for good nightly news
anymore.

Atomic weapons are cost effective and practical.

They reduce American casualties.
They impress savages.
Aim isn't that important.
The fallout will slow down our economic competitors in the region.
The have lasting psychological effect.
There have been over 500 above ground atomic tests in the world. A few more
blasts ain't gonna hurt anyone except the intended victims.

Amen!

"Maxprop" wrote
"Bob Crantz" wrote
Iran wants to sell oil in Euros. Prepare for another war.

Jeeze Louise, I hope we go right to nukes this time. These long, protracted
foot soldier conflicts don't make for good nightly news anymore.

I doubt nukes are needed but these grunt-on-grunt fights really tick me off. I
spent most of my life helping invent and perfect weapons so that our kids
wouldn't have to fight savages hand-to-hand - weapons that let us whack Saddam's
well-equipped army easily. Now it's like Vietnam all over again thanks to the
politics.

Seems I remember some Brit (or Scot?) king faced with a Viking invasion. He
held a bridge that only let a few Vikings cross at a time, allowing his smaller
force to hold them off indefinately. Unfortunately, the Viking leader convinced
this fool that this wasn't fighting fair, so he allowed the vikings to cross and
have a pitched battle - which the Vikings of course won. Then they killed the
king and sacked the countryside killing and raping. I oft wonder if McNamara
and now Rummy are that kings descendents.