It is terrible what has happened to Mr. Vincent as well as the most recent deaths of 19 marines from my state, Ohio. A group of family members of fallen troops will be in Crawford this weekend to ask Bush when he plans to end the carnage. I hope he shows them some respect and at least listens to their concerns for the remaining troops. Halliburton stock is up 284%. I wonder what percent of the population can afford that stock? You know it isn't most of us.

A share of Halliburton fetches $59 today. Skip three months of your internet connection and a share can be yours.

Hey, kb. There's a great idea - let's cash in on the killing! Here's another great idea: "To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us and make a broken tyrant into a latter-day hero...assigning young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator (or insurgency) and condemning them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war. It could only plunge that part of the world into even greater instability." George H. W. Bush

You said few could afford to own Halliburton, and I showed you were wrong. Now you give me a quote that says it would be a fruitless hunt to find "a securely entrenched dictator". Seen Saddam lately?

Dictators like stability. Chamberlain bargarined for stability. Churchill wanted freedom.

Couldn't have said it better myself..

Dictators like stability, which is precisely why Saddam wouldn't give WMD to terrorists.

First, because they might be used on him,

Second, and most important, he didn't want to overly antogonize the USA. His primary interest was in staying in power. It's why he finally allowed us to inspect his palaces. But our interest was not in WMD, it was in toppling him for our own purposes. Sooo.. Houssien wanted to stay in power and wouldn't risk his neck for some whacked out Wahabists, but we lied and said he would and did, contrary to all good logic.

I wonder just who is to be trusted, the Tyrrant, or the President.

PB

There was a court case (I don't have the document in hand, so I can't confirm the case number but will try to find it), in which George H.W. Bush and Saddam Hussein were named as co-conspirators in a Persian Gulf oil kickback deal during thee 90's. They shared a reported $250 billion. I would like to find more on this story. Anyone hear of it?

kb, I owe you an apology. I was a bit emotional about the 19 marines from my area who were killed in the last few days and just shot off my mouth, so to speak. I have a 17 year old son. I'm worried for him and his brother, just 2 years younger. The newspapers are starting to fill with possible war with Iran stories. I'm just so tired of our country breaking treaties to attack countries that aren't breaking the same treaties.
Thanks for the info on the Halliburton shares.

Actually, it was 16 marines from my area killed, not 19. The local newspaper counldn't seem to figure out if it was 14, 16, 19, or 21. All a terrible loss, though.