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The Riddle of Baghdad's Battery
Jodrell writes "The BBC has an interesting article about a 2,200 year old battery discovered in Iraq in 1938. It is basically a clay pot containing a copper/iron core immersed in an electrolye solution (probably acidic vinegar). The article talks about how this priceless artifact as well as many others, from the same civilisation that invented writing and the wheel, could be threatened by the impending war."
The difference between the US and Iraq is... we know the US has weapons of mass destruction...
Since you seem to be a "it's online - it has to be true" guy here is a link: USA: US Begins Secret Talks to Secure Iraq's Oilfields
There are far to many bits of that article to quote so I really hope you read it through. It is also said (although not mentioned in the article) that it's also already decided which foreign companies are going to control the oil "of the iraqui people". Dig the net, find out.
By the way, did you hear about the US plan of protecting hospitals and schools and historical artifacts in Iraq? Me neither!
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-- silver_p
I think you mean: George: "Tony, Tony, hurry, we found one" Tony: "Yes georgie, I have my thumb already on the button" George: "Shouldn't we first ring our friends and allies" Tony: "Sure thing - I'll get on the phone right away to all the countries that don't have a big monetary investment in Iraq, meaning, everyone except France, Germany and Russia."
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Thankfully you have absolutely no say on the pending war with Iraq. It's narrow minded cowards like yourself that allowed millions of jews to die at the hand of Hitler.
In about a month when the war is over, let's see what you have to say about all the Iraq people celebrating in the streets from their new found freedom.
What country are you from? Please don't tell me you're from the US because you're an embarrasment to every man and woman that fights in our armed forces and an insult to the 3000 innocent cilivians was killed on 9/11
I'm hoping that you're from one of those once-superpowers-that-we-saved-your-ass in 50 years ago.
I'll leave with a quote for those of us that don't want to have the bad taste of your liberal puke comment:
"America is often said to be a 'hyper power,' yet our actions are
repeatedly frustrated by an endless train of objections and obstacles.
America has fought distant wars to defend whole continents from a
succession of aggressors, but the beneficiaries of the safety we have
ensured often devote their energies to impeding our efforts to help
others," Hyde said. "We shoulder burdensome responsibilities for the
benefit of the entire globe, but too often we must do so alone."
Henry Hyde
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2. Almost no nations ever ratified it. It was DOA on the congressional and parlamentary floors of nearly everywhere. The leaders of the world were very releaved when Bush finally dropped the pretense of supporting it, because it saved them the embarrasment of killing it in their own countries, which they would have had to do.