Re: The Middle east -- was a couple of other things

From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Fri Apr 18 2003 - 15:38:24 MDT

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    Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
    > On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
    >
    >
    >>They let slip that they predict that if the sanctions are
    >>lifted it will cost middle eastern countries one trillion dollars in oil
    >>revenues over the next few years.
    >
    >
    > Ron, I'm not sure I buy this. Is this an assertion of what will
    > actually happen, what the papers are "selling" to people, or
    > conclusions that people have reached independently?
    >

    Not to mention that such an argument says we don't really
    believe in free markets at all but only when such might be
    convenient to the current players.

    Also there is the small problem that the sanctions were imposed
    against a particular regime and its purported dangers when said
    regime is now defeated. So on what grounds would we justify the
    continuance of sanctions? I would think they would have to be
    arrived at on the basis of an entirely new argument much deeper
    than the economic convience of other players.

    - samantha

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