Comments on: At Last http://www.whistleandfish.com/2008/06/18/at-last/ Howling at the beautiful moon ... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:04:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: bobbi http://www.whistleandfish.com/2008/06/18/at-last/#comment-100 bobbi Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:52:27 +0000 http://www.whistleandfish.com/w0lf/?p=83#comment-100 <p>... yeah ... </p> … yeah …

]]> By: Harry Haller http://www.whistleandfish.com/2008/06/18/at-last/#comment-99 Harry Haller Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:54:57 +0000 http://www.whistleandfish.com/w0lf/?p=83#comment-99 <p>Most folks who opposed the war from the outset plainly felt it was about oil. U.N. inspectors on the ground were saying they couldn’t find evidence of weapons of mass destruction, and certainly none that might affect the United States directly. And even a cursory scan of the September 11 perpetrators’ nationalities (and a trace of the money backing them) would have led to an entirely different set of oil fields. But this is the clearest indication from the most reliable source so far that connects the dots between the war on the people of Iraq and Big Oil. </p> <p> “Duh” moment was a perfect way to describe how I felt when I first read the story. </p> Most folks who opposed the war from the outset plainly felt it was about oil. U.N. inspectors on the ground were saying they couldn’t find evidence of weapons of mass destruction, and certainly none that might affect the United States directly. And even a cursory scan of the September 11 perpetrators’ nationalities (and a trace of the money backing them) would have led to an entirely different set of oil fields. But this is the clearest indication from the most reliable source so far that connects the dots between the war on the people of Iraq and Big Oil.

“Duh” moment was a perfect way to describe how I felt when I first read the story.

]]> By: Jim http://www.whistleandfish.com/2008/06/18/at-last/#comment-98 Jim Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:09:07 +0000 http://www.whistleandfish.com/w0lf/?p=83#comment-98 <p>My initial response was, “Duh.” And I mean that in the most profound way. </p> <p> I’m one of those rare people (I believe you may be one too) who has been against this war from the very beginning. While most of my (our) peers were looking for something to bomb and a reason to do it (e.g. “weapons of mass destruction"), I wanted the Administration to tie our invasion into Iraq to the people who knocked down the World Trade Center buildings. </p> <p> You put those two together and I would gladly give my imprimatur for invasion, bombing, whatever. No one EVER tied the two together to my satisfaction. </p> <p> Well. Fuck. </p> My initial response was, “Duh.” And I mean that in the most profound way.

I’m one of those rare people (I believe you may be one too) who has been against this war from the very beginning. While most of my (our) peers were looking for something to bomb and a reason to do it (e.g. “weapons of mass destruction”), I wanted the Administration to tie our invasion into Iraq to the people who knocked down the World Trade Center buildings.

You put those two together and I would gladly give my imprimatur for invasion, bombing, whatever. No one EVER tied the two together to my satisfaction.

Well. Fuck.

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