Originally posted by DraxusI don't justify being a troll because I have never admitted to being one. I don't see myself as a Troll.
*sigh*
I learn logic from books and I learn rhetoric from practice. The fact that you are constantly engaged in ad-hoc attacks on people shows more about your character than this little argument cherry picking session that you are engaged in.
I think it is funny that you justify being a troll by saying that it "helps to add a little aggression." Do yo ...[text shortened]... troll, and stop trying to justify being a troll. You obviously know very little about logic.
Of course aggression can be good. It is one of the biggest failings of the extreme left that they do not recognise that.
Interesting that you chose to criticise me for being rude and aggressive yet you are adopting the same tactics, by your own definition you are being a troll.
Originally posted by smw6869You are joking right?
How are they stealing it? Who forced these laws on Iraq? Wouldn't other nations be angry that the US controls the oil for 30 years? How would we protect those oil fields? What is the course of action you are taking? Democracy is Mob Rule. The US is a democratic Republic. OK, walk to work, heat your house with dried cow dung and please stop drinkink our Coke out of plastic bottles. Pure Logic Sir.
How are they stealing it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you read any news for the past few years.
This is from "The Independent" possibly the most respected newspaper in England in respect of its lack of bias.
"And Iraq's oil reserves, the third largest in the world, with an estimated 115 billion barrels waiting to be extracted, are a prize worth having. As Vice-President Dick Cheney noted in 1999, when he was still running Halliburton, an oil services company, the Middle East is the key to preventing the world running out of oil.
Now, unnoticed by most amid the furore over civil war in Iraq and the hanging of Saddam Hussein, the new oil law has quietly been going through several drafts, and is now on the point of being presented to the cabinet and then the parliament in Baghdad. Its provisions are a radical departure from the norm for developing countries: under a system known as "production-sharing agreements", or PSAs, oil majors such as BP and Shell in Britain, and Exxon and Chevron in the US, would be able to sign deals of up to 30 years to extract Iraq's oil."
Looks like you only listen to Fox news.
Originally posted by petrosianpupilHaha, nice, you talk about how everybody needs to learn logic yet you absolutely can't stop commiting ad hominem fallacies. Instead of actually addressing my concerns, you subtly try and call me a hypocrite.
I don't justify being a troll because I have never admitted to being one. I don't see myself as a Troll.
Of course aggression can be good. It is one of the biggest failings of the extreme left that they do not recognise that.
Interesting that you chose to criticise me for being rude and aggressive yet you are adopting the same tactics, by your own definition you are being a troll.
Here, in case you don't know what an ad hominem attack is, I'll direct you to the almighty wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
Also, I am not a troll, but you are the textbook definition. Maybe if you learn what a troll really is, you will decide on your own to not be one. Again, the almight wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29
Originally posted by petrosianpupilSo this "Agreement " has Not
You are joking right?
How are they stealing it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have you read any news for the past few years.
This is from "The Independent" possibly the most respected newspaper in England in respect of its lack of bias.
"And Iraq's oil reserves, the third largest in the world, with an estimated 115 billion barrels waiting ...[text shortened]... als of up to 30 years to extract Iraq's oil."
Looks like you only listen to Fox news.
gone thru yet? And it involves other nations also? So it's not just the US stealing it? And what are the chances that Iraq will sign off? Didn't the French,Russia, and China have their own little oil agreements with Sadam, before the war, They were to sell the oil on the open market and only give Sadam a 10% cut. That's Not stealing?
Originally posted by smw6869No its not just the US stealing it, we will get a big cut too.
So this "Agreement " has Not
gone thru yet? And it involves other nations also? So it's not just the US stealing it? And what are the chances that Iraq will sign off? Didn't the French,Russia, and China have their own little oil agreements with Sadam, before the war, They were to sell the oil on the open market and only give Sadam a 10% cut. That's Not stealing?
You seem to think my position is that the US is the baddest dude in town. That is wrong, the US was always the example that the world should follow. I do not think it is the case now and I wish it to return.
France and Russia are two faced and double dealing, no argument there.