tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post114495993650617837..comments2023-06-24T06:54:23.141-04:00Comments on The Chestnut Tree Cafe: Same Old SongJim Wetzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-1145161086668792032006-04-16T00:18:00.000-04:002006-04-16T00:18:00.000-04:00I, of course, would be the last to know exactly wh...I, of course, would be the last to know exactly why our world managers do what they do. Insanity's at least as good an explanation as any other I can think of. But the Leaders seem to respect power -- real or imagined -- even though they respect nothing else. And so, when a country has or is thought to have nukes, the US becomes rather circumspect, which gives everybody in the developing world an interesting choice: go nuclear, or be a potential target. And, as you suggest, to have oil and not to have nukes makes one a very attractive target indeed. What a fine new world we're building.Jim Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-1145074011665697322006-04-15T00:06:00.000-04:002006-04-15T00:06:00.000-04:00On the whole, I hope they build and test nuclear w...<I>On the whole, I hope they build and test nuclear weapons next week. If they do, a great opportunity for more-and-better war will be lost to our supervisors.</I><BR/><BR/>Indeed. Nukes and oil in combination drives the US government insane. Nukes in non-oil-producing countries like India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea -- who cares. Why is that?Grace Nearinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07414685202654408290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-1144973085890158372006-04-13T20:04:00.000-04:002006-04-13T20:04:00.000-04:00"Two little Hitlers will fight it out until one li...<EM>"Two little Hitlers will fight it out until one little Hitler does the other one’s will"</EM><BR/><BR/>- Elvis CostelloCraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14047216597505452161noreply@blogger.com