The U.S. Democracy For Iraqi Oil

The Independent

Noam Chomsky: The US says it is fighting for democracy - but is deaf to the cries of the Iraqis
They are not building a palatial embassy with the intention of going
Published: 11 February 2007

There are, then, very powerful reasons why the US and UK are likely to try in every possible way to maintain effective control over Iraq. The US is not constructing a palatial embassy, by far the largest in the world and virtually a separate city within Baghdad, and pouring money into military bases, with the intention of leaving Iraq to Iraqis. All of this is quite separate from the expectations that matters can be arranged so that US corporations profit from the vast riches of Iraq.

   Most of us have known that this fiasco of a war has always been about the oil and not any form of Democracy.

 

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Stem-Cells: Beyond The Embryo Research

    I am one of those that think that we should be going the stem cell research route so whenever I see an article on the subject, I make note of it..

   This one,  from the Washington Times looks at the stem cell researchers quest to go beyond using embryos because of all of the opposition from certain groups who oppose it moral grounds.

 But critics of embryonic stem-cell research, including President Bush, say destroying or tampering with a human embryo is immoral.
    "We recoil at the idea of growing human beings for spare body parts or creating life for our own convenience," Mr. Bush has said.

   The President fails to remember that science is not growing human beings for the research, but are using cells which would be discarded ( thrown away ) anyway.

 Some stem-cell researchers and others who closely observe the field think scientists will find viable alternatives to embryonic stem cells that are not morally objectionable.
    "I believe we could get the equivalent of embryonic stem cells through technological solutions that do not require the creation and destruction of embryos," said Dr. William B. Hurlbut, a consulting professor at Stanford University's Neuroscience Institute.

 "An alternative is going to happen," said Dr. Markus Grompe, head of the Stem Cell Research Center at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. He says he uses "mouse embryo stem cells all the time" in his lab work but never human embryonic stem cells because of moral concerns.
    B.D. Colen, spokesman for the Harvard Stem Cell Research Institute, is disturbed by the attention being given to those with moral concerns about embryonic stem cells.
    "When did we start basing science policy in this country on what are fundamentally religious beliefs?" he asked.

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When indeed!

 

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