and sexually enlightened the Iraqi women are by embracing the 'freedom' of prostitution. You know the theory often heard on Alternet that women by using their bodies for their own goals they are empowering themselves, instead of just giving away sex to husbands/boyfriends and participating in the demeaning, traditional sexual patriarchal roles.

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This is only a fraction of the tragedies of Bush and his petroleum cronie's efforts to seize control of Iraq's oil reserves. This ties in with my comments which have been printed in emails and letters to the editors since 2002 when it became apparent that their goal was the trillions of dollars of oil reserves.
How many barrels of oil is a dead G.I. worth? How many barrels of oil is a wounded G.I. worth? How many barrels of oil are dead and wounded civilians worth? According to his standards there is no limit? Get control at any cost today and reap the harvest tomorrow!
The administration is pressureing the present Iraq stooge government to hurry up and get the oil legislation done so that the oil barons can get their act approved before time runs out.
Then the U.S. military will then stay put to make sure the oil companies will be protected from the insurgents. This can involve dozens of years. Insurgents (Indians) fought the Europeans when they invaded the Western Hemisphere (America) with the landing of Columbus in 1492. When the Declaration of Independence was enacted and the British Colonies revolted to form the United States of America, the Indians resisted unltil about 100 years later (late 1800's) as the last tribes were forced, at gun point, to concentration locations called Reservations. Some are still resisting in America today in Central and South America, more than 500 years after Columbus set foot on the shores of the Western Hemisphere. Probably most of you who read this will be long gone, 6 feet under, before Iraq vs Oil Companies will be settled, if at all. Insurgents are durable. A new crop is being born every day.

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But the ever-so-moral Republicans are really helping Iraqis, right?

I realize that was a rhetorical question, but I thought it would lead well into this bit of related news: A Final Appeal: Save Christian Iraq

It is the only country where the liturgy is still celebrated in Aramaic, the language of Jesus. But Christianity is in danger of dying out there. Killings, aggression, kidnappings. And now also the "jiza," the tax historically imposed by Muslims on their "infidel" subjects, those who have still not fled the country

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