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Previously on "Iraq war finally a success?"

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  • Peoplesoft bloke
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    Originally posted by Likely View Post
    There are two IRAQs. ....... , and frankly it better doesn't or else gibbet.
    eh?

    Come again?

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by Likely View Post
    There are two IRAQs. The state that says where the oil goes .. And the people which are poor moronic idiots fed the reality they need to live in huts and caves. This is in a country that can make enough money to put everyone in their own castle. With people's distorted reality their opinion hardly matters , and frankly it better don't or else gibbet.

    I wasn't aware that the majority of the Iraqi people lived in "huts and caves".
    Please enlighten us.

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  • Likely
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    There are two IRAQs. The state that says ( being told ) where the oil goes .. And the people which are poor moronic idiots fed the reality they need to live in huts and caves. This is in a country that can make enough money to put everyone in their own castle. With people's distorted reality their opinion hardly matters , and frankly it better doesn't or else gibbet.
    Last edited by Likely; 21 May 2008, 13:04.

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  • Lucy
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    Originally posted by DodgyAgent View Post
    How the flip would he know? it is a well known fact that the real experts on the war reside on this site.
    Or write for 'The Independent'

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  • DodgyAgent
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Have been speaking to this posh Iraqi chap whose family fled here well before the war. He has been back recently and reckons that the war is becoming a success even if it wasn't before. Hmmmm...
    How the Feck would he know? it is a well known fact that the real experts on the war reside on this site.

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  • Marina
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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    One theory is that Iraq was invaded because Saddam was playing around with the oil price... so that's been fixed then.
    Dead right - he very foolishly started selling oil in Euros, and one of the first things the Yanks did after invading was to return to selling oil in dollars.

    P.S. The Iranians have also started selling oil in Euros. ...

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  • Spacecadet
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    War??
    I thought the war finished years ago

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  • threaded
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    Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post
    No... Oil is more expensive than ever, shirley that’s a failure?
    Depends if you're into selling the oil etc. etc.

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  • gingerjedi
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    Originally posted by NoddY View Post
    Iraq has been a success from day one - except for Iraq of course.
    No... Oil is more expensive than ever, shirley that’s a failure?

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  • TimberWolf
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    So what's the status with their oil revenue these days?

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by NoddY View Post
    Iraq has been a success from day one - except for Iraq of course.
    Are you sure? Perhaps most Iraqis support it. How would we know?

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  • NoddY
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    Iraq has been a success from day one - except for Iraq of course.

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  • BA to the Stars
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    Is it so sucessful that he wants to settle back in Iraq or just sucessful from a just visiting perspective?

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  • sasguru
    started a topic Iraq war finally a success?

    Iraq war finally a success?

    Have been speaking to this posh Iraqi chap whose family fled here well before the war. He has been back recently and reckons that the war is becoming a success even if it wasn't before. Hmmmm...
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