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Old 11-30-2010, 10:24 AM
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BTW, another "secret" that leaked is that Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah stated that the Iraq war had given Iraq to Iran as a "gift on a golden platter." That's not exactly a secret either as I (and others) have made this point numerous times on this board without the benefit of WikiLeaks.
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Old 11-30-2010, 11:48 AM
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Who's your source? Gaol for you!

I see that King Abdullah is a real player in international politics, outside of oil

Iraq is far from played out and should become a regional power again in its' own right. Eventually.

Hell Abdullah & Imadinnerjacket should be worried about a freer, resurgent Iraq - it's a bad examble for those dictatorships. Folks might get uppity.

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Old 11-30-2010, 12:05 PM
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Who's your source? Gaol for you!

I see that King Abdullah is a real player in international politics, outside of oil

Iraq is far from played out and should become a regional power again in its' own right. Eventually.

Hell Abdullah & Imadinnerjacket should be worried about a freer, resurgent Iraq - it's a bad examble for those dictatorships. Folks might get uppity.

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Old 11-30-2010, 12:51 PM
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Who's your source? Gaol for you!I see that King Abdullah is a real player in international politics, outside of oil

Iraq is far from played out and should become a regional power again in its' own right. Eventually.

Hell Abdullah & Imadinnerjacket should be worried about a freer, resurgent Iraq - it's a bad examble for those dictatorships. Folks might get uppity.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/wo...platter&st=cse

On page 2, In December 2005, the Saudi king expressed his anger that the Bush administration had ignored his advice against going to war. According to a cable from the American Embassy in Riyadh, the king argued “that whereas in the past the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Saddam Hussein had agreed on the need to contain Iran, U.S. policy had now given Iraq to Iran as a ‘gift on a golden platter.’ ”

As for Abdullah's knowledge of the Mideast, I dare say he knew quite a bit more than Dubya.
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Some political forum this is, the latest hot topic is being completely ignored. How should we address this?

We should give the man a medal?

We should give the man life?

We should hire MOSSAD to handle this little problem?

We should fire MOSSAD for creating this little problem?

Any takers?

Chas
What we need to do is make sure of, even if it scares some people, is that we preserve the right to unregulated free speech. This event is not a catalyst for regulation.

If people misuse the right of free speech in the form of treason, current law already prescribes the penalty. Seems like this case might just be a rehash of commonly known information that is being brought to the forefront for some mysterious reason.

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Old 11-30-2010, 10:12 PM
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What we need to do is make sure of, even if it scares some people, is that we preserve the right to unregulated free speech. This event is not a catalyst for regulation.

If people misuse the right of free speech in the form of treason, current law already prescribes the penalty. Seems like this case might just be a rehash of commonly known information that is being brought to the forefront for some mysterious reason.
One of my liberal buddies was by and he pretty much agreed with you.

Myself, I'm waiting for the document drop on the big banks.

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Old 11-30-2010, 10:26 PM
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One of my liberal buddies was by and he pretty much agreed with you.

Myself, I'm waiting for the document drop on the big banks.

Chas
Are you suggesting that when the banks suffer embarrassment from having their schemes exposed, that they will call on their elected lackeys for action? Could be. Things can get rough when the masters of the universe see their ox being gored. Think Assange might suffer some mysterious accident between now and the time the bank documents are to be published?

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Old 11-30-2010, 10:51 PM
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Are you suggesting that when the banks suffer embarrassment from having their schemes exposed, that they will call on their elected lackeys for action? Could be. Things can get rough when the masters of the universe see their ox being gored. Think Assange might suffer some mysterious accident between now and the time the bank documents are to be published?

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Old 12-01-2010, 05:36 AM
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Myself, I'm waiting for the document drop on the big banks.

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i can't wait either.
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