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- wholly2b, on 10/10/2007, -2/+47I think that papers like the Washington Post and the New York Times uncover these incredibly scandalous items, and then they leave the important questions out as exercises to the reader. For instance, from the article:
"The statements about him were contained in a diary kept by an employee of Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization. The diary claims that Wyatt bragged at a Jan. 27, 2003, meeting that he had convinced a U.S. senator to speak out against an attack on Iraq. The diary said Wyatt also discussed the nature of a U.S. invasion of Iraq, including anticipated troop numbers, timing and direction of attack, prosecutors said."
The real question here isn't whether the man is a patriot or not, the question is HOW DID HE HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO BEGIN WITH? WHY was he in a position to convince a US Senator to speak out against the war? This article describes how incredibly corrupt our government is without actually describing it at all. - Dumbledorito, on 10/10/2007, -8/+47A Texas Oilman betrayed his country starting the war with Iraq in the first place, really.
- lakush, on 10/10/2007, -18/+49What a waste of our time when we should be prosecuting the real criminals that lied to take us to war.
- Dumbledorito, on 10/10/2007, -3/+23You clicked on an article about Iraq expecting "cool *****?" Really?
- tomboy501, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12I agree. The Post's tame headline on this article is pretty disgraceful. The real screaming story here is indeed the fact that a Texas oil millionaire (surely a Bush buddy - don't all TX oilmen know each other?) appeared to have been conspiring intimately with the Iraqi government several months before the invasion. I had never heard of this 'diary' evidence before, or the fact that it would be used (or suppressed) in this trial.
What a tangled web. Who knows what the hell went on. Money and greed make anything possible though. - twinklyJesus, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13(surely a Bush buddy - don't all TX oilmen know each other?)
It clearly stated in the article that Wyatt was not a fan of the current administration. He was a Kennedy/LBJ friend, and a Democrat. (some of this is from oscarwyattjr.com)
Greed knows no political boundaries and is not the sole purveyance of one party only.
Regardless, this man is a traitor. - Racerx52, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12He should be on trial for treason.
- Terr01, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9I'm pretty sure there was at least some level of intentional misinformation that intelligence agencies were trying to get Saddam to fall for.
Perhaps we're seeing part of it? - Bluntzilla, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10... because oil and war are the two most profitable things of our time.
- obliviousfool, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8That is a really good question. We know this administration is cozy with oil executives, but cozy enough to give them access to war plans? That's pretty messed up.
- satanatnmtedu, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8If the guy gave troop movement and strengths to Hussein, he isn't a patriot. The people who would be killed due to such information sure as hell aren't the President and his administration. It will be the troops on the ground. Such things do not show your love of country. They show your pure greed and disdain for your fellow citizens. If guilty, this guy should get the death penalty (kill him quick since he is 83).
- chase001, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7When was the last time we executed someone for treason? I doubt they would do it to a member of the Texas Oil Mafia though.
- Dumbledorito, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9Bush didn't trust anyone who came before him. Unlike every other president in history, he fired every appointee having anything to do with diplomacy instead of keeping them on 6 months or so to teach the new people about the countries/diplomats the US had been dealing with.
Find another "b-b-but Clinton" excuse; that one doesn't fly. - torched, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Hopefully they can send him to Guantanamo Bay.
- jacquesm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5it makes you wonder how he came about that knowledge in the first place...
- generalloy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff also knew about the Iraq war before it started. He has MANY connections to BushCo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Abramoff#Possible_foreknowledge_of_the_Iraq_War
This video also has forewarning: http://youtube.com/watch?v=inyCkCvqRO0
"The video employs clips from a 2004 "60 Minutes" Interview with 2001-2003 Secretary of the Treasury, Paul O'Neil. O'Neil,a Permanent Member of the then formed NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (NSC), was eventually FIRED in 2003, for what he OPPOSED and witnessed in the Early days of the JUST elected 2001 Bush Whitehouse.
He was appalled at the Secrecy and Contradictions in the George Bush he thought he knew. It was apparent a new agenda was rolling...and he wanted NO part in it. War plans were in the works, long BEFORE the 911 World Trade Center attack. Far from a tragedy, 911 was an OPPORTUNITY for the Bush/Cheney White House to proceed with Plans."
A tangled web. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Actually the Wyatt's and the Bush family are very close and have had business ties for decades starting with Sonofabitch Bush's father. Although, I disagree that every Texas oilman is friends with each other- in this case it is true- this is another reason the Bush Administration cannot be directly linked to starting this horse-***** war- but his old buddy did. Typical Bush family power dodge.
"If the people ever found out what the Bush Family has done they would drag us out into the streets and lynch every one of us"......George Bush
Yes he actually said himself!
btw, Wyatt will be pardoned with the rest of them. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Well ***** off then
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5The man is a second rate player who got caught caught with his hands in the cookie jar. The court case will end in a not guilty verdict. The guy knows too much and will bring down the bigger fish.
Read this article:
The Bush-Cheney Drug Empire:
http://nexusmagazine.com/articles/bushcheney.html
Read the other articles on this page while you are at it:
http://nexusmagazine.com/articles.html
It makes you wonder who is running the planet. - Nidy1, on 10/10/2007, -6/+10Treason, hang him. Sorry, but you should never betray your country.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -4/+8it would appear that happens more than it should ...
- Dewhead, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4You realize that this man convinced Ted Kennedy to vote against the war so he could keep on making profits off of the oil for food that was supposed to help Iraqis but instead just went into Saddams pockets? The people scamming the oil for food money are a huge part of why Saddam didn't back down and just leave.
- cygnus2112, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Yeah.. criminals, liars and crooks. They took us to war for the wrong reasons.. you know, like those listed in the authorization for invasion of Iraq.. like Saddam executing his own people, starving them due to sanctions, funding terrorism, shooting on coalition aircraft, resisting security council resolutions, hampering inspections, being in breach of resolutions, having full intent to resume WMD research after sanctions were lifted, extended rocket range, undisclosed WMD, etc etc etc.. but as long as we found no stockpiles of WMD, there was absolutely *no* reason to invade and replace the son of a bitch.
- vinwal, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4My guess is suicide or heart attack before he can start singing.
- NessTheHero, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6No, it was a Texan and an Oil man.
- Jeveran, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4There is a =huge= difference between "Hey, the US is going to invade your country sometime soon" and "Hey, the US is going to invade your country with 135,000 troops, including ten divisions of tanks, seven brigades of marines, half a dozen bombing runs per day at these targets...etc...."
While the punishment for treason is death, I hope it's a televised firing squad. - blitzer, on 10/10/2007, -6/+9You can pretend that money does not rule the world.. but it does. Greed is king.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Kinda like all those Richard Clarke terrorism warnings, huh?
- soil, on 10/10/2007, -0/+31 : the betrayal of a trust : TREACHERY ( http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=treason )
See, in most places including the US, we trust the people who are being (at least in theory) fought for, NOT to sell out the government and the soldiers who are FIGHTING in order to make a buck. Selling information ("to get oil contracts") that could lead to US fatalities in battle is grounds for treason. In the article, the sentence that clarifies the point reads: "they allege that Wyatt committed treason and helped an enemy of the United States," see the article is clarifying that treason here is to be understood as "help[ing] an enemy of the United States."
Still, let's not play judge, jury and executioner from our armchairs. What if you were that guy and you were being misrepresented? - jkizzle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3how would some oil monger have information about troop numbers and the like anyway? i guess he could have friends in high places, but even then, this rings of treason. didnt they hang that couple for selling nuclear secrets to the ussr?
- AnonymousCow, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2How many more times are you going to repeat that quote? Are you shooting for a dozen?
http://www.neaveru.com/digg/stats/fixty - LocalDocal, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4You know, I've been on Digg for roughly a year now. I had thought I knew this community well enough to predict responses. I read the article first and I quickly made note of the situation: A rich, greedy Texan has been caught encouraging war on the Iraq side for oil profits. To summarize, not only is he a rich American oilman, but he's also a traitor. The first thought that came to my head after finishing the article was this: "Wow, I can't wait to read the comments! This must one of the rare times when the conservatives and the liberals on Digg are in agreement over something!"
Then I came in and three comments in, someone bash Bush out of nowhere, which then prompted a series of follow-ups on Bush. Apparently, I didn't know the Digg community as well as I thought I had. - JasonCox, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5Ok, so we're going to charge the guy with giving Saddam de-classified and information a 10 year old with a map could ahve figured out?
What a waste of tax dollars. - SuperCujo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Are the people who gave him the information on troop numbers going to stand beside him?
There is something more going wrong than what this oil man did. If this guy was telling Saddam stuff that he heard read in newspaper or seen on CNN/Fox/etc, then it isn't really treason. Saddam would have been watching the news anyway. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3while you're at it...sounds like a typical politician too
- Frnnkdlxx, on 10/10/2007, -6/+8Bush Families Nazi Connections: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8795795223394289910
How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power | Special ...Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have ..... said that "rumours about the alleged Nazi 'ties' of the late Prescott Bush ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1312540,00.html
Bush Families Nazi Ties ยป Netscape.comThis reporter spent thousands of hours researching the Bush family, and their great grandfathers ties to the Nazi regime. Interesting for someone who ...
http://politics.netscape.com/story/2006/09/26/-bush-families-nazi-ties/ - cygnus2112, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Sad, people burying you for telling the truth. Partisanship at it's finest.
- Hmoobgolian, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Isn't this treason? Informing your enemy of an impending invasion.... hmmm.... sounds like it....
- twinklyJesus, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5Just to head off the obligatory BushCo bashing session, this guy is not a friend of GWB. He was a pal of Kennedy and LBJ, and is a DEMOCRAT.
You can check it yourself on his personal website oscarwyattjr.com - fixty, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Holy crap that site's awesome! I assumed, given Digg's API's, someone had to do something like that sooner or later. Kick ass!!! Thanks for the link!
Oh, and to answer your question - Yeah I'm about done. While the entire quote ranks among the greatest lines ever spoken, I am now amused mostly by the "everywhere like such as" part. I dare you to watch that part of the video while drinking orange juice. - maisis00, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Can someone please tell me why a business man "oil industry representative" or any other industry would have such a detailed level of knowledge to military tactics and capabilities? Is the military now taking corporate surveys of its tactical plans?
- cygnus2112, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Pure and utter *****. Saddam got the mustard gas to bomb the Kurds from a dutch businessman named Van Anraat who used false fronts to illegally buy chemicals from around the world. Stop throwing out disinformation and lies, the internet is already clogged.
- satanatnmtedu, on 10/10/2007, -7/+8I didn't come on digg to read the whining post of a person complaining about Bush. Maybe oyu should follow your own advice and shut the hell up.
- Swift2, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3He wasn't "whining" about Bush. He was saying Bush belongs at the dock, answering charges. And that's true.
- twinklyJesus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1His own personal website states he's no friend of GWB and he was close personal friends with JFK and LBJ...He is a lifelong democrat..
- VitriolAndAngst, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2BINGO!
Perhaps this man's name was on the Guest list to Cheney's Energy Task Force Meeting? Not that I think it was much of a secret ... but how would he know something the average citizen doesn't?
How did news reporters learn Valerie Plame's name and job? Same vector, Victor. - VitriolAndAngst, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1As other's have posted -- how did the Oilman know something like invasion plans?
Perhaps this man's name was on the Guest list to Cheney's Energy Task Force Meeting? Not that I think it was much of a secret ... but how would he know something the average citizen doesn't?
How did news reporters learn Valerie Plame's name and job? Same vector, Victor. - VitriolAndAngst, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Not that I don't believe that MANY of our Corporate CEOs would betray us in a heartbeat for a stock bonus (they do all the time), but this story seems strange; it was pretty obvious when Bush told the inspectors to get our of Iraq because we couldn't guarantee their safety that the US was invading.
Nobody had to tell Saddam we were coming... there was a 6 month invasion build-up and the usual removal of civilians from the area. I think TV Guide even had it listed as "Must See TV." I'm sure Saddam knows about "sweeps week." - VitriolAndAngst, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Wow. He chose the wrong group to betray America to and they make him an example.
Poor oilman. If only he had traded oil with Saddam during the embargo, like Shrubs company did and THEN, betrayed America to the Saudis and Dubai -- the preferred sellout nations. Then he'd be hailed a hero.
How are Cheney's euros doing, by the way? I hope he got out of the dollar soon enough to safeguard his "stash of patriotism." - jlhoben, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Free enterprise.
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