[lbo-talk] Re:State-run oil company is being weighed for Iraq

[Michael Pugliese]

C.G.  Estabrook quoting>...On July 10, 2002, Rand
Corporation analyst Laurent Murawiec gave a
24-slide presentation to the Defense Policy Board,
which advises the
Pentagon on defense matters. The last slide headed
"Grand Strategy for the
Middle East" read ominously: "Iraq is the tactical
pivot, Saudi Arabia the
strategic pivot; Egypt the prize. The pundits have yet
to figure this
out."

    http://slate.msn.com/id/2069119/ Article contains
link to the the Power Point presentation by the
ex-LaRoucheite that was on the Perle Defense Policy
Board.