He's for war.Edward "Ned" Lamont does not oppose the Iraq War Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. , as parenthesized in "Lieberman vs. Lamont" (September 4 issue). He emphasized in a recent TV interview that frontline troops must be replaced by Iraqi troops and that U.S. troops will stay in the background. Translated, that means U.S. troops will be stationed at the 14 permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq as long as necessary (probably indefinitely) to secure the highly profitable exploration, development, production, and transport of Iraq's huge petroleum reserves by Big Oil and its affiliates. Are we supposed to believe this scion sci·on n. 1. A descendant or heir. 2. also ci·on A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting. of the international House of Morgan will reduce U.S. military involvement in the Persian Gulf Persian Gulf, arm of the Arabian Sea, 90,000 sq mi (233,100 sq km), between the Arabian peninsula and Iran, extending c.600 mi (970 km) from the Shatt al Arab delta to the Strait of Hormuz, which links it with the Gulf of Oman. , where as much as one-fourth of our "defense" budget is spent protecting the exploitation of Middle East oil and gas by multinational corporations
ROBERT KENDRA Putnam, Connecticut |
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