<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And how about the ludicrous ideas of "regime change" by cluster bombs; "exporting democracy" with a puppet "government" and military occupation; or enhancing women's rights with depleted uranium? Irresistibly funny.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>LOL</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mike_larkin2001@yahoo.com href="mailto:mike_larkin2001@yahoo.com">mike larkin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 23, 2004 6:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [lbo-talk] Left Bonkerism Re: Afghanistan and Oil</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Iraq is one thing, but this idea that we invaded Afghanistan for oil and gas is completely ridiculous, on a par with the JFK stuff. What an embarrassment to be associated with people who peddle this line.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana>"Indeed, it is arguable that our invasion of Iraq and our toppling of the Taliban, a government the US put in place, happened because we needed Iraq’s oil reserves and the Taliban refused to cooperate with the deployment of oil and gas lines through their territory."</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://counterpunch.org/cook01232004.html">http://counterpunch.org/cook01232004.html</A></DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<BR>Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=21608/*http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/"><B>Try it!</B></A> <P> <HR> <P></P>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>