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From: msardar@digi.lonestar.org (Mohammed Tariq Sardar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.indian
Subject: DESI JOKES (adults) #6
Date: 19 Aug 92 13:30:33 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: DSC Communications, Plano Tx.

No discriminations are intended towards any minority group, purpose of
the joke is to build bridges and see the lighter side of our culture.

This joke is dedicated to all my Indian and Pakistani friends who have graduated
from the University of Aston in Birmingham England (U.K)


	 Title of the Joke:	     MAIN AYY GHIA
 				     -------------


*********************WARNING WARNING AUTHOR DOES NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY**************


Definition of MAIN AYY GHIA: In punjabi means "I have come"

A PUNJABI JATT is travelling in a train which is packed like a can of sardine,
every one  is so tightly fitted in they have problem breathing. JATT shaib is
sitting next to a woman and he is enjoying every minute of it.The sweet smell of perfumes was driving him crazy. To be polite, one of the
passenger starts a conversation:

passenger A:		 BHAI SHAIB AAP KIDER KOO GATTA HAY
		         (Brother where are you going ?)
Passenger B:		 MAIN DELHI GAA RAHAA HAIN
			 (I am going to Delhi)

This chit chat continues amongs the passengers, meanwhile our DESI veer is being
turned on by the woman. Every time the train makes a sudden movement the impact pushes
the JATT against the woman, their bodies generate GARMEE(heat). This close encounter
of the SEX kind is unbearable for our PHRAA. When all of a sudden one of the passenger
address the JATT:

passenger X:		 JATT SHAIB AAP KIDER KOO GAATA HAY
			 (brother where are you going)

JATT:			 (replies, his mouth wide open, tongue hanging out)
			 MAIN GAA NAHIN , AAY RAHIA  
			 (Iam not going   "IAM COMING")





						Tariq Sardar
From: bijoor@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Help: Pop. of Saudi Arabia, anyone know ?
Date: 12 Aug 92 13:47:30 GMT


Anyone know the approx. population of Saudi Arabians in Saudi Arabia?
(I mean excluding non-Arab workers etc.)
I am writing a paper on the genetic make-up of Saudi Arabians and missed this
piece of info. Since there is no newsgroup for Saudi Arabia, I thought about
posting my question here. Please reply as soon as possible via e-mail.

                My address:
                           BIJOOR@ECS.UMASS.EDU.

                Thanx, appreciate it. -- Arjun.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.bangladesh,soc.culture.indian
From: budaraju@cae.wisc.edu (Srinivas Budaraju)
Subject: Re: Contradictions in Quaran
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering
Date: 15 Aug 92 19:30:04 CDT

In article <1992Aug15.235804.22204@cs.yale.edu> ahmed-shakil@CS.YALE.EDU (Shakil Waiz Ahmed) writes:

>system, a monarchy, is against Islamic principles.  Bangladesh is not
>an Islamic state, but Islam is the state religion.  There is a
>difference.  

What is the difference?

>-- Shakil
-Srinivas				budaraju@cae.wisc.edu

Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
From: vasisn@vccsouth18.its.rpi.edu (Niraj Vasishtha)
Subject: Happy Independence Day 
Reply-To: vasisn@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:57:34 GMT


Happy Independence Day !!


>           On the  Occasion of 45th anniversary of independance Eid-E-Azadi Mubark to all Pakistanis. Lets pray to Allah Almighty for Pakistan's sovereignity and for the liberation of Jammu & Kashmir.

>Islam Zindabad


>Pakistan Zindabad
>
>Muhammad ahmed



aare bhai Jammu ko to chor do.

No flames intended. 


Niraj Vasishtha
vasisn@rpi.edu
From: gagrawal@cs.tamu.edu (Gopal Agrawal)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: Salman Rushdie: A few questions??
Date: 13 Aug 92 20:03:00 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University

In article <1992Aug13.113203.12240@bernina.ethz.ch> nadeem@igpho (Nadeem Malik) writes:
>Answer: Apostacy is actually not a crime of any kind in Islam. Neither the
>Quran nor the sunnat of the Holy Prophet give credance to such a law. It is
>however condemned as a major sin and the apostate will most likely go to
>hell -- i.e. it is punishable by God. (I can give Quranic and Sunnat proofs
>to what I have just stated, on request for those interested.)

And I suppose it is the duty of all muslims to hasten the process of sending 
the apostate to hell ;-). 

>The second part of the question: (1) those Muslims and /or Muslim groups
>who are aware of the correct Islamic position on apostacy have indeed
>condemned the death-threat as Unislamic.

And that 0.00001% lives in mortal dread of themselves being branded as 
apostates. 

>The lack of unanimity only shows the the failure of Muslims in general to
>understand the meaning of the Quran. Islam itself remains untouched and
>pure.

That's a very hollow statement. I could just as well as claim that 
Gita still comes in an unabridged and untampered form. So it remains 
just as pure as Quran. But it is the failure of the Hindus in general 
to understand the meaning of Gita. 

Would this convince you that Gita is the book that must be followed by 
everyone on earth and its the Absolute TRUTH and all that blah blah...
that everyone advertizes about their religous books. 

regards,
--   
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   / __   /   /  /   /  /   /  /   | (o)(o)   REAL & IMAGINARY PARTS  
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E-mail - gagrawal@cs.tamu.edu       |   /   All Std. Disclaimers apply.
From: fb78@sol.acs.unt.edu (Ganesh Gopalakrishnan)
Subject: Re: PAKISTAN FOR INDIA OR ARABS ?
Organization: University of North Texas
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 17:48:37 GMT

Dear friend: I agree 100% with your sentiments. I look forward
to the day when our children and grand-children will be able
to cross each others' borders in friendship and without fear
i.e. open borders such as that between US and Canada. We should
respect each others' independent existence, religious and
cultural heritage, while respecting the same things of our
brothers and sisters across the borders. I hope that we can then
spend the billions of dollars on better food, clothing, shelter
and minimum decent level of education for all of our people.
If that happens, given the enormous population, we can pretty
much take care of ourselves and all our people. May be all
this is just a pipe dream, but there is no prohibition on that.
All the best and kind regards. - Ganesh

Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
From: ali@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu
Subject: Re: Woody Allen Jokedir
Organization: NYU Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 21:23:10 GMT

In article <1992Aug21.135159.2886@seas.gwu.edu>, ahmad@seas.gwu.edu (Aftab Ahmad) writes:
> In article <1992Aug20.211332.3204@sol.cs.wmich.edu> sherwani@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Naveed Sherwani) writes:
>>In article <1992Aug20.151031.1@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu>, ali@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu writes:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Did you hear the title of Woody Allen's latest movie??
>>> 
>>> Its called 'Honey I slept with the kids'
>>> 
>>> Well maybe polygamy isnt all that bad, at least it prevents 
>>> slezoids like Mr. Allen from acting out their fantasies on 
>>> their kids
> 
> 	Fantastic logic. How about allowing women the
> 	right of polygamy to avoid many from acting out
> 	their fantacies on their and their neighbours' kids.
> 	
And i    Not a bad idea at all, what novel thinking!!
         
	f you have heard of cases of intra-family orgies,
> 	how about allowing ... give me a break.
> 
> 	...give me a break too, it was meant tongue in cheek,
obviously I am not in favor of polygamy.  
jah
Why don't you stick to your faith as faith.
>>> 
>>> jahanara
>>> 
>>> 
>>
>>Disagree! Polygamy is BAD so is Woody Allen.
>>
>>regards, 
>>
>>-Naveed
> 
> 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
From: nadeem@igpho (Nadeem Malik)
Subject: Re: Hockey
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 11:36:26 GMT

bartjan@cs.kun.nl (Bart-Jan Bouwers) writes:
: Hi,
: 
: I read in the newspaper that Pakistan won 1 medal on the Olympic Games.
: Congratulations to the hockey team but isn't it bad that they won
: this medal against favorite Holland? And even with the help of the
					^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: referee? Pity...
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

What does this mean? I couldn't watch the match, so I cannot say what happened.
In all sports where you have a referee, mistakes frequently occur -- this
is part of the game; you win some and you lose some decisions and you 
should take all things like a sportsman, which you clearly are not.

Besides, Pakistan beat Holland TWICE --- a clear demonstartion of 
superiority. Are you suggesting that the refereeing affected both matches?
(I only have your word to go by though!)

: 
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Bart-Jan J. Bouwers       | phone:    +31-80652551      |   |\  |\
: Dept. of Computer Science | internet: bartjan@cs.kun.nl |   |/_.|/
: University of Nijmegen    | bitnet:   U055025@HNYKUN11  |   |\ ||\
: The Netherlands           |                             |   |/ ||/
:                                                               /
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------
:  "Quit dreaming this is real life baby,                       
:  Real life is the only life what's it all about" - Simple Minds
: -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Nadeem Malik
nadeem@p.igp.ethz.ch
:
From: zabdi@bucknell.edu (zakir abdi GR)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: Pakistan has fired 687 police officers.
Keywords: Hydrocarbons
Date: 19 Aug 92 20:46:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: hydra.1723
Distribution: world
Organization: Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.

> > 
> >	
> >	What a news guys......
> 
> >	"Pakistan has fired 687 police officers in Sind province, citing their
> >	ties to criminals, the government said. The action followed a recent 										          order by Prime Minister Sharif for a crackdown on the province's police
> >	force. 
 
> Were they Sindhis or Muhajirs?


	Hello Sanjay.

	Most of them belongs to Karachi and Hyderabad. So I got the impression
	that mostly Mahajirs police officer were fired.


	Zakir Abdi. (now pray for me, I am going to defence my thesis on next 				                       Friday)
From: mahboob@phred.UUCP (Mahboob Ahmed)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Macintosh System Software in Urdu wanted
Date: 19 Aug 92 21:55:20 GMT
Reply-To: mahboob@phred.UUCP (Mahboob Ahmed)
Organization: Physio-Control Corp., Seattle, WA


I am looking for Macintosh System Software in Urdu or Persian or Arabic,
and/or a word processor in one of those languages.  Please email any
information.

Thank You,
Mahboob Ahmed
phred!mahboob@data-io.com or mahboob@phred.uucp
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From: sankar@hal.COM (Sankar Bandy)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.bangladesh,soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Contradictions in Quaran
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:01:49 GMT
Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: quality.hal.com

In article <1992Aug16.153042.29951@cs.yale.edu> ahmed-shakil@CS.YALE.EDU (Shakil Waiz Ahmed) writes:
>
>In article <1992Aug15.193004.22311@doug.cae.wisc.edu>, budaraju@cae.wisc.edu (Srinivas Budaraju) writes:
>> In article <1992Aug15.235804.22204@cs.yale.edu> ahmed-shakil@CS.YALE.EDU (Shakil Waiz Ahmed) writes:
>> 
>> >system, a monarchy, is against Islamic principles.  Bangladesh is not
>> >an Islamic state, but Islam is the state religion.  There is a
>> >difference.  
>> 
>> What is the difference?
>
>Bangladesh has Islam as a state religion in the same way that the U.K.
>has Anglicanism as a state religion.  It is the religion of the
>majority.  Being an Islamic state would imply that Islamic law was
>implemented (which it is not).
>
>-- Shakil
I have been told by a Bangladeshi Friend of mine, that the word "ISLAMIC"
has been incorporated in the (Bangladeshi) constitution during the Ershad
era. The reason(according to him) was mainly to get aids from other Islamic
countries, which would otherwise not be available to the same degree.

Does this still not make Bangladesh an "ISLAMIC" country ? IF not what DOES ?

Thanks 

>> Sankar
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
From: khan@ces.cwru.edu (Mansoor Khan)
Subject: Gallery of Freedom Fighters
Organization: Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 02:42:28 GMT



		Gallery of Freedom Fighters
		===========================

	Pakistan International Airlines( PIA) published 
a diary on The Golden Jubilee celeberation of Pakistan Resolution
in 1990. Along with lots of stuff on the history of Pakistan Movement,
it also contained profiles of some of the freedom fighters.
I hope to post these articles on S.C.P for the benefit of its
readers all over the world.

Mansoor Khan
Cleveland, Ohio.

P.S. The diary talks about following people,

	Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Hasan Ali Effendi, Mohsin-ul-mulk Mehdi Ali Khan,
Navab Viqar-ul-Mulk, Sir Sultan Muhamad Shah( The Aga Khan III),
Maulana Obaidullah Sindhi,  Maulana Shaukat ALi, Maulana Muhammad Ali( Johar),
Hakim Ajmal Khan, Navab Salimullah( of Dhaka), Maulana Hasrat Mohani,
Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, Chaudhary Rahmat Ali( who gave Pakistan its name),
Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Maulvi A.K. Fazlul Haq(Sher-e-Bengal),
Chaudhary Khaliquzzama'n( who was elder brother of famous Dr. Salimuzzama'n
Siddiqee of Pakistan), Sir Abdullah Haroon, Navab Bahadur Yar Jang,
Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, Raja Sahib of Mahmoodabad( Amir Ahmad Khan),
Khwaja Nazimuddin(2nd Gov. Gen and 2nd Primeminister of Pakistan),
Navab Muhammad Ismail Khan, Sardar Abdur Rab Nishter, Allama Shabbir Usmani,
Ms. Fatima Jinnah, Begum Shahnavaz, Lady Haroon, Liaquat Ali Khan,
and Mohammad Ali Jinnah( Quaid-e-Azam).

==

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From: msardar@digi.lonestar.org (Mohammed Tariq Sardar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: PAKISTAN FOR INDIA OR ARABS ?
Date: 14 Aug 92 23:18:54 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: DSC Communications, Plano Tx.



Dear friends 
	     I would like to ask our learned colleges the following question
whether the future of PAKISTAN lies with INDIA or the disintegrated ARAB world.
Iam trying to assess all the possible things  which unite us(PAKISTANI) with the ARABS,
other then the religion there  is nothing common between an ARAB and a DESI.
The food we eat is different, our languages are totally different( spoken wise,
some body will say we read the QURAN which is in ARABIC there for we know the ARABIC 
language, not the same as if its your mother tongue), cloths we wear are different, 
our national sports are different, most of all, we are geographically miles apart 
from each other.  


In comparison, ask your self the question HOW ARE WE DIFFERENT FROM THE INDIANS ?
Other then the religion, we have more things in common with the INDIANS then ARABS, 
food is the same, language(spoken) is same, cloths we wear are same, sports ...etc.
Most of all  we are geographically located next to each other.

We know from recent history( WORLD WAR 1 & II (christian v christian) BANGLADESH 
creation, IRAN-IRAQ war, GULF WAR, KURDS, AFGANSTAIN, SHIA-SUNNI ....etc) that 
religion on its own is not enough to bind people togeather. The most important
thing which ties people togeather is LANGUAGE. When people talk about preserving
culture,  generally they are referring to language. In PAKISTAN the SINDHI v URDU,
PATHAN - PUNJABI and BALUCHI issues, they are there mainly due to different languages.

Let's look at our colonial masters, its no secret that the French and the English hated
each other for centuries and yet they are best of friends, Germany which was 
responsible for two world wars now seem to co-exist with all it's former enemies.

In light of all the aboves, iam under the impression that our future lies with
IRAN,AFGANSTAIN,INDIA and BANGLADESH rather then the ARAB world. Recent GULF WAR 
proved that the oil rich gulf states prefers the WESTERN WORLD. we also know the 
concept of UMMAH never existed other then in books. Ever since the first century 
of ISLAM we (muslims) have been fighting each other for personnel gains.


In view of all the things i've mentioned SHOULD WE NOT PURSUE a national policy
to mend fences with each other on mutual grounds to iron out our differences? 
Are DESI's destine to live in FEAR, HATE and POVERTY, HAVE WE LEARNED ANY THING 
FROM HISTORY ?






						Regards

						Tariq Sardar
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
From: ali@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu
Subject: Woody Allen Joke 
Organization: NYU Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 20:10:31 GMT



Did you hear the title of Woody Allen's latest movie??

Its called 'Honey I slept with the kids'

Well maybe polygamy isnt all that bad, at least it prevents 
slezoids like Mr. Allen from acting out their fantasies on 
their kids

jahanara


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From: asim@heckle.ugcs.caltech.edu (A. M. Mughal)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Re meaning of 14th august
Date: 20 Aug 92 21:39:33 GMT
Organization: Caltech Undergraduate Computer Science

In article <1992Aug20.175424.12920@uceng.UC.EDU> rbhatnag@uceng.UC.EDU (raj bhatnagar) writes:
>In article <1992Aug20.162846.6693@cco.caltech.edu> asim@irk.ugcs.caltech.edu (A. M. Mughal) writes:
>
>
>>		 You may have just heard of former soviet states thinking of 
>>
>>
>>Asim Mughal
>
>
>Why are the former Soviet states thinking of Asim Mushal?
>
>---raj

			Raj Sahib, it is Asim Mughal :)

		As you can see, I am relatively very new to the computers
	and can;t seem to be getting this editor thing working, it chomped
	off the line, I can't really remember the train of thoughts, when I 
	do I will post it, fair ? :)

A.M.
[Standard Disclaimer]
From: merchant@davidsys.com (Rukhsana Merchant)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: Polyandry in Tibet and Islamic prohibition.
Date: 21 Aug 92 13:23:06 PST
Organization: DAVID Systems Inc, Sunnyvale CA

In article <1992Aug18.040128.4437@tamsun.tamu.edu>, gagrawal@cs.tamu.edu (Gopal Agrawal) writes:
> In article <1992Aug17.132005.30459@davidsys.com> merchant@davidsys.com (Rukhsana Merchant) writes:
>>First of all, I would like to state that I truly value your input because
>>it is thought provoking and insightful.  However, I would also like to 
>>state that, even though a culture does what is outside the realm of
>>what is permissible in Islam, does not make it an acceptable allowance
>>in Islam.  Whether the women of Tibet have multiple husbands or the
>>women in some rain forest feel better able to survive in nudity, the rules
>>of Islam do not permit it.  I do not judge these cultures since it is
>>not for me to judge.  But one of the answers that we muslims are told
>>to ponder on is "Because we saw our fathers practising it".  
>>
>>-Rukhsana Merchant
> 
> What you say is part of my point. I agree that what is permissible in 
> other cultures does not necessarily have to be permitted in Islam. But 
> I was stressing more on the reverse side of this statement i.e., 
> 
> "Is it true that what is NOT permissible in Islam should NOT BE 
> permissible in other cultures too (irrespective of any conditions)??! "
> 
> 
> regards,
> E-mail - gagrawal@cs.tamu.edu       |   /   All Std. Disclaimers apply.

IMO, No.  But for those who accept Islam, Islam is their culture and
overlays the culture in which they grew up in or reside in.  A lot
of things that we learned in our Indo-Pak society while growing up
became a part of our culture.  However, these values that are practised
sometimes burden us and define to us what Islam is.  I have experienced
it myself and the reality is that there are not so many rules.  It is not
that hard as people make it out to be.  When people say, in our family we don't
do this, or we do that.  I am surprised and astonished when I find that
it is a thing permissible in Islam but it is not accepted thing in society
and so it is discouraged.  Islam is very lenient and it should be a layer
over the existing culture, not the other way around.  For those of us who
accept the culture as is, without questioning it, often times, let go
some of our dreams due to the pressure of the culture.  It is a choice that
we make.

-Rukhsana Merchant

Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.bangladesh
From: raj@utkvx4.utk.edu (S. KANAKA RAJ)
Subject: Re: PAKISTAN FOR INDIA OR ARABS ?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 17:57:00 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.231854.5136@digi.lonestar.org>,
msardar@digi.lonestar.org (Mohammed Tariq Sardar) writes...

>In view of all the things i've mentioned SHOULD WE NOT PURSUE a national policy
>to mend fences with each other on mutual grounds to iron out our differences? 
>Are DESI's destine to live in FEAR, HATE and POVERTY, HAVE WE LEARNED ANY THING 
>FROM HISTORY ?


Number of people who agree with this view is very less on both sides; otherwise
we would not have killed each other so many times. Unfortunately religions on
both sides are preached by people who do not know what is religion. A truly
religious and realized person will see all the differences as manifestations of
that one undifferentiated IT. What we need right now is leaders who have
compassion and who understand the commond bond that unites all the people.
Unless we have this situation we will continue to live as beggars. Introduction
of satellites, missiles, etc. will have no meaning if we do not address the
basic issues.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

	Silence is the language of a realized soul.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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From: hyder@cs.utexas.edu (Syed Irfan Hyder)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: USA and the Gulf War: Hypocritics unveiled
Date: 21 Aug 92 16:03:59 GMT
Organization: U Texas Dept of Computer Sciences, Austin TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: pageboy.cs.utexas.edu

In article <1992Aug21.091658@IASTATE.EDU> jakhan@IASTATE.EDU (Javed A Khan) writes:
:
:
:I was pleasantly surprised to hear the Americans finally acknowledge
:that the real and only purpose for American participation in the Gulf
:war was to safeguard their source of oil by preventing one nation (one man)
:from getting control of 2/3 rd. of the world oil reserves. 
:
:On Aug 19 the US labour secretary Lynn Martin in her speech at the Republican
:Natl. Convention said that " (the American objective was) ...stop Saddam from
:getting control of 2/3 rd of the world oil reserves..".
:
:Again Bush, in his acceptance speech, reminded the delegates that he had 
:served American Natl. interest by preserving American access to Middle East
:oil (paraphrase).

Sam Nunn, the head of Senate Select Committee on Defense (similar
sounding name), openly and quite bluntly laid the same thing
out the other day on David Brinkley i.e it was only OIL which led
USA to war.