Fred J. McCall wrote:
"Eric Chomko" wrote:

:On Mar 5, 10:44 pm, Fred J. McCall wrote:
: Matt wrote:
: :Fred J. McCall wrote:
: : Matt wrote:
:
: :
: :snipped
: :
: : :http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/...177726543.html
: :
: : Too easily explained as 'disgruntled employee'. Just reading the web
: : page cited and noting the phrasing makes it pretty clear that the
: : writer is more interested in 'spin' than accuracy.
: :
: :
: :Considering the circumstances of his resignation, yes, he will sound
: :like a disgruntled employee. Paraphrasing - "In my job as an analyst, I
: :can see there is no evidence of Iraq having WMDs that are a threat, but
: :the gov.au is saying that my department backs their assertion that they
: :do. I want no part of it." You value your ethical standards, too, right?
: :
: :The upshot is, if Australian intelligence was aware of this prior to
: :troop deployment to Iraq, it's not a stretch to say that so did the
: :intelligence agencies of those major countries you mentioned.
: :
: :Are you shocked that our governments might actually bend the truth for
: :the sake of furthering political endeavours? Let's face it, war is good
: :for the economy, and we really need that oil..
:
: I'm shocked that you can't read 'spin' and recognize it. Hell, I
: actually had an English course on propaganda and how it works when I
: was in high school and yet here you are not being able to recognize
: blatant bias when you read it.
:
: Ask yourself how much oil the US got from or is getting from Iraq.
:
:It is about what currency Iraq is accepting for said oil. Saddam dared
:to take euros and the current regime is back to using dollars.

And so we're back to Eric's favorite conspiracy theory....

No, no, you moron (borrowing from Rand), the JFK assassination is my
favorite conspiracy theory.

About euros vs. dollars, who conspired and how? Do tell. I mean you
have this idea about how I have a conspiracy theory. What is it? What
does it look like to you?

Eric



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