Comments on: Oilman Hunt Sees A ‘Soft Partition’ For Iraq

By: Poco Ritard

Poco Ritard — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:42:42 +0000

Gee Ray, how much you got budgeted to pay off the Turks for ignoring it when the PKK blow stuff up in Ankara & the local pols start openly calling it an “independent Kurdish republic?” They’re gonna roll in there and burn the place down. That makes for a lot of litter in the streets, eh? But you don’t care. You don’t care how screwed up that society is, how dangerous or complicated their situation, or what consequences your pursuit of profits will ultimately have on their lives. Oh right, I forgot. The market always creates the best outcome! God want’s you to get rich. So you’ll negotiate with whoever controls the fields.

Enjoy your milkshake, vampire.

By: Dallas is a hell hole

Dallas is a hell hole — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:49:55 +0000

The Iraqis see us, the United States of America as the terrorist.

Sounds like they have a lot in common with Democrats.

By: Typical White Person

Typical White Person — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:38:31 +0000

Jennifer

With all due respect, the war is not a “whole ‘nother subject” to those family members of the dead. It is THE ENTIRE SUBJECT. How much more proof do you need to see that Bush/Cheney lead us into an war for no other reason than oil? How many reports will it take for you to believe this war is a farce? Yes, the country is in dire need..but not in need OF us but BECAUSE of us. So now we have a war criminal moving into our city and we are celebrating this by building a shrine to him at SMU. This will be a stain on our city forever.

How much more damage will people allow this man to do? What else will America allow him to destroy in the name of oil?

By: Jennifer Warren

Jennifer Warren — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:20:56 +0000

The war, its impetus, and its destructiveness is a whole ‘nother subject. I still think, post-war, you have to move things forward, because, indeed, that country is in dire need. I think it’s a basic human desire to live a productive life. That’s what I’m talkin about, nothing more or less.

By: Billusa99

Billusa99 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:05:50 +0000

Uh, Uncle Ray… when you say “‘What odds will you give me that there won’t be a terrorist event in the United States in the next seven years?’– today you’d be a billionaire. And, people have lost sight of that.” I guess that you must be taking lessons from your BFF Bush, because I guess you forgot about the MULTIPLE Anthrax mail attacks.

What? You lost sight of that? Dumbass…

By: Gwyon

Gwyon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:50:42 +0000

TWP, and then living in the house with them.

By: Typical White Person

Typical White Person — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:44:12 +0000

Yes, after destroying an entire nation, forcing millions to flee, raping and killing innocent children…and then Hunt comes in to clean up the mess he helped to create. Constructive? Yeah, for a huge sum of $$$$
It is not a cynical view. It is a fact. The Iraqis see us, the United States of America as the terrorist.

It is like burning down someone’s home and then offering to help rebuild it for a price.

By: Jennifer Warren

Jennifer Warren — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:37:07 +0000

I think the point missed here is that if Iraqis or the Kurds are to move forward into some form of democracy or civil society, they need development. And regardless of how it came about, whether one takes a cynical view or not of Hunt, he is doing something gutsy and smart. He could get burned, but is taking the risk as entrepreneurs do. Offering that region some opportunities helps create a buffer to future terrorist activity. That is constructive.

By: Puddin'Tane

Puddin'Tane — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:17:06 +0000

“We have blankets and whiskey for your furs.”

We’ve heard this one before.

By: Typical White Person

Typical White Person — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:07:13 +0000

I doubt very seriously if the people of Iraq will loose sight of the damage done to their country by the Bush/Hunt war. For this reason, I don’t understand why there is not a huge outcry over the SMU Bush Book Store. Isn’t enough that he is putting our entire city in danger by moving here?

The only partition I am interested in is one that divides his home from mine and a sign on my roof that says HE LIVES THAT WAY.