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Talk:Rationale for the Iraq War

message: Why is there no refence to the "sexed up dossier" that had large parts stolen verbatim from the term paper of PhD student Ibrahim al-Marashi? This was an important part of the propaganda campaign Apeholder (talk) 10:18, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Term paper by Ibrahim al-Marashi 

message: http://archive.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/30/bush_asserts_authority_to_bypass_defense_act/?page=2
Per this source, Bush never stated desire to control Iraqi oil resources. The assertion of authority is assumed to be the desire to build permanent military bases for security reasons. It was the Defence Act passed by the House that automatically bundled these two things together. (Ex: US has military bases in UAE, Kuwait without controlling these countries' oil resources)  
From the wikipedia article: In 2008, President Bush issued a signed statement declaring he would ignore any laws that prohibited using federal funds "to exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq".[85] 
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It is dangerously misleading to assume this is evidence in support of oil as a rationale for the Iraq War.
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/06/world/struggle-for-iraq-diplomacy-iraq-said-have-tried-reach-last-minute-deal-avert.html?src=pm&pagewanted=3
From the wikipedia article: According to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the United States did not need to invade Iraq to control the oil. The New York Times reports that in February 2003, Baghdad had offered to give the US first priority as it related to Iraq oil rights, as part of a deal to avert an impending invasion. The overtures intrigued the Bush administration but were ultimately rebuffed.[86]
''
This statement of Saddam more properly belongs in the "Statement against oil as rationale" since Bush rejected the offer and subsequent oil contracts were open to foreign companies, including Russian and Chinese.
:We can use this then https://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/20/iraq-war-oil-resources-energy-peak-scarcity-economy. Slatersteven (talk) 15:55, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Cheney yes. See "Why we did it" for example. Jikybebna (talk) 14:55, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oil as rationale
Talk:Žalvarinis

message: So it seems this article was almost the victim of a speedy deletion. This is reasonable given that nobody's heard of the band, and there's virtually no mention of them on the web.  I wrote the article because I find their music interesting, but as I don't speak Lithuanian, it's hard to write things about it. njaard 04:17, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They have their own webpage . JanderVK (talk) 03:14, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Encyclopedic?

message: Although the band has connections with the Lithuanian Metal scene, I think their sound is more akin to Rock than Metal. Especially with their slower paced sound. I will change it to Folk Rock if I don't get any objections. JanderVK  —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 19:03, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Folk Rock VS Folk Metal

message: On their official web site http://www.zalvarinis.lt/zalvarinis/Enter.phtml the "a" of their name is a special character that is not displayed by my browser.  Is this an ordinary Latin "a" or is it a special "a" that is specific to Lithuanian? -- leuce (talk) 22:52, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's just a regular "a", nothing special. Renata (talk) 02:47, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second letter in their name
Talk:The Gorge Amphitheatre

message: This is a POV article, it needs to be rewrote with neutrality.
Seriously now..
"Historic concerts" from the likes of Britney Spears, Blink-182, and Shania Twain...LOL —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.188.169 (talk) 05:36, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite
Talk:Akilam one

message: "...the refuging act of the author towards the Almighty..."—as a native English speaker I recognise all the words, but the phrase is not English, and doesn't convey any real meaning.  I have never seen refuge used as a verb, only as a noun. You can give refuge, seek refuge, ask for refuge, find refuge, take refuge.  If a non-native English speaker said, "He refuged me," I would take it as meaning, "He gave me refuge," and a "refuging act," I would expect to mean, "an act of giving refuge."  But I doubt that the phrase means "the author's act of giving refuge to the Almighty". Or does it?
So, does the phrase mean, "the author's act of asking the Almighty for refuge"?  If so, it should be amended to that. —Copey–203.109.252.196 04:24, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
Talk:Checked swing

message: hangon xaosflux Talk/CVU 04:26, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: CSD

message: Is it a "check" swing or a "checked" swing? I have only heard the phrase "check swing", and Wiktionary defines "check swing", with "checked swing" listed as a synonym.--TroyGab (talk) 13:20, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Check" swing?
Talk:Joffrey Lupul

message: Has Lupul done that thing yet where he puts on his new team's Jersey in a press conference?209.226.132.146 17:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jersey 

message: Is Joffrey the son of former NHLer Gary Lupul? Sharing an uncommon last name says yes, but I fail to see any source confirming it. If so, would be nice to include in the article. Kaiser matias 07:46, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Son of [[Gary Lupul]]? 

message: Two editors are edit warring over what ethnicity Lupol is. One editor says he's Ukrainian and provides a reference. The other says he's Romanian and provides a reference. Seeing how it's of very little importance to the article, until one can be determined on the talk page. It will be removed. UrbanNerd (talk) 03:25, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The Romanian source only says that he has a Romanian sounding surname, if you translate it, not that he has any actual verified Romanian heritage. This is something that mostly IP users (who are Romanian?) keep pushing, because 'lupul' means Wolf in Romanian, or something. Also, you blanking makes you the 3rd wheel in this escalating war. (Remember, WP:RMV : "It is preferable that good-faith additions remain in the article pending consensus"--Львівське (говорити) 03:44, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ukrainian/Romanian  

message: I'm pretty sure he moved back to the right wing for the 2015 season after Kessel was traded. Could someone with more familiarity please confirm and make the appropriate adjustments? Thanks James Duggan 02:55, 18 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Position 
Talk:Malpasset Dam

message: there's a fairly infomative article in de.wikipedia on this subject.
would translating it be a better solution? --timecop 04:29, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: A sincere thank you for your work on Malpasset Dam. I'm sorry that the more mechanical parts of this place get it wrong with little recourse. Ovinus (talk) 16:01, 7 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you! I needed that. :-) --2003:C8:4714:600:20F2:9E65:D0A0:9181 (talk) 05:24, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thank you
Talk:Show and Tell (Silvertide album)

message: I cut most of the body text. It was unformatted (which we can fix), unsourced (which we might be able to fix), and probably plagiarized (which we can't fix). Deltabeignet 04:34, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Text removal 

message: Is it true that Sony put spyware on their albums last year? I heard rumors that Show and Tell was one of them? Is this rumor true?
Bkissin 16:25, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sony Spyware??? 
Talk:Nightswimming

message: I had never heard that this was named the best song to make out to in 2003 by Rolling Stone magazine. A google search provided nothing. Additionally, this song is not what I think/use as a makeout song. I removed the statement, but if someone can verify the anonymous user's post, I'll put it back. Bsd987 04:35, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Best make-out song?

message: In the body of the article it says that D. C. covered this song on a particular album (with link to the "appropriate" album) but the page for that D. C. album says nothing about it.  I reccommend deleting the reference on this page or updating the D. C. album page to reflect the appropriate information.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.110.232.210 (talk) 22:42, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dashboard Confessional link
Talk:The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

message: I just took out the entire history section.  Three paragraphs were plagiarized from the Dares' official site and one was unverified.  Someone should rewrite it from scratch using the site as a source. NickelShoe 04:42, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This sounds like a job for NickelShoe!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.79.62.16 (talk) 02:44, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: Didn't one member also play the mouth bow (especially in "Chicken Train Stomp")? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 12:59, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Was the mouth harp played by John Dillon a musical bow, or a Jew's harp?  I thought it was the latter, but I could be wrong.  — Mudwater (Talk) 22:46, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Mouth bow]]
Talk:Pyx

message: Text that was removed would probably be better and more useful to people under a heading like "Anglican communion service" or "lay communion" or "communion of the sick." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amherst5282 (talk • contribs) 04:44, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: (First comment)

message: The Usage section here had a paragraph about the "flat, circular container...used for the exposition of the host", and claiming that pyx is "the standard term used in the Catholic Church for this". I've removed it, as it is incorrect; the object referred to is a lunette, and the term "pyx" is confined to the vessel used for transporting the host outside the church, or to store it. I trust everyone is OK with that. Moonraker12 (talk) 03:29, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage
Talk:KUCI

message: I'm surprised on how sparse this page is.evrik 05:05, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Is this all there is?
Talk:Men's liberation movement

message: Should there be some reference to the metrosexual/übersexual trends in popular culture here? They aren't conscious movements, but seem related to loosening male gender scripting nonetheless. Brianonhisown (talk) 15:15, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comment 

message: This article has no references or even external links to relevant sites.  It looks like original research.  Unless that changes it doesn't look like there's any other choice but to nominate it for deletion. SQGibbon (talk) 04:39, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no problem imagining that men can be oppressed by gender stereotypes and the burdens of masculinity. However, the section on being oppressed by "matriarchies" had no sources and had been tagged for a year, so I've deleted it. Also, point me to these matriarchies. I might like to go live in one. Cynwolfe (talk) 22:02, 13 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources? 

message: I was having a bit of a struggle to understand, within the umbrella of the men's movement category, which article referred to the pro-feminist movement, the anti-feminist movement, and which included both as a general category.
I went ahead, been bold and rephrased the introduction to mean that the "Men's liberation movement" generally designates the viewpoint informed by feminism. That is after reviewing the whole article for evidence, whether in the text or references, that the MLM supported anti-feminist viewpoints, of which I found none.
If one finds otherwise, I'd appreciate some help in making the distinctions more clear about which movement is which within the Men's rights portal.
Bert Macklin (talk) 06:56, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewording the introduction
Talk:A Tonic for the Troops

message: Ummm... I've always thought that part of the irony is that the band did indeed live on an island, though a biggish one. 171.159.64.10 22:01, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Living on an Island 
Talk:Cooking off

message: Reason: Duplicate articles
Both articles say essentially the exact same thing but have different supporting information. Let's just combine them so that all the information about cook offs is in one place. --TheLimbicOne(talk) 05:20, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Merge completed. --TheLimbicOne(talk) 17:58, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from thermally induced firing 

message: Most small arms do not have explosive projectiles, and most explosives burn or melt when heated, rather than explode.  Cooking off usually means the propellant is burning, not that the ammunition "explodes", as the first sentence reads.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.88.111 (talk) 07:04, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: clarity and precision

message: Since the M249 doesn't have an article of its own, lets add the M60 or the M240.
someone put the m296, did they mean the 249 because I have never heard of the 296.71.145.132.120 23:48, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The M296 is a remote-operated variant of the M2, but I don't think that's what was intended - the 249 is probably what he or she meant. Bartleby 01:21, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  M249 

message: for the part about the M1 Abrams MBT, the Blow-off panels, i think it would be useful to add Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA) for the link to. id do it, but i dont want to edit anything for fear of getting banned.
:Blow-off panels for the ammunition compartments are a very different thing from explosive reactive armor.  --Carnildo 01:32, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blow-off Panels 

message: "Most modern infantry machine guns (and submachine guns) fire from an open bolt... ...Most modern infantry assault rifles fire from a closed bolt,"
Which is it?
Jfbcubed (talk) 11:45, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: A machine gun is not an assault rifle. --Carnildo (talk) 23:51, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction? 

message: Sanskar 106.76.70.86 (talk) 06:55, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  29/1/2022
Talk:Šarūnas Marčiulionis

message: :I added an audio file with pronunciation. Does it help? Renata 09:02, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: How to pronounce his name?

message: It is wrong that USSR Championship was a forerunner for VTB United league. VTB is not a national championship (only secondary tournament to national leagues, like Russian premiere league) and polish and czech teams compete in VTB and of course not in USSR league. Also "The NEBL would later be absorbed into today's Baltic Basketball League." is wrong as well. NEBL was disformed and only years after that BBL was created. NEBL had finnish, russian and swedish teams (at the beginning of BBL there were only Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian teams in competition) so there is no way a league with wider geography could be absorbed by a smaller league.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.113.245.98 (talk) 14:37, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Wrong information about the leagues

message: I'm not sure if there is a uniform Wikipedia standard on this or not, but the article lists Marciulionis's birthplace as "Kaunas, Lithuania" rather than "Kaunas, Soviet Union" (or USSR).  Shouldn't he be listed as born in the Soviet Union since Lithuania only regained independence in 1990?  I checked a couple of articles trying to find a "standard", but the only thing I found was Vlade Divac's article which lists "Yugoslavia" for his birth and then notes that it is present-day "Serbia and Montenegro".  --Jakob Huneycutt 22:14, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, but honestly I've never really noticed, I think because using the country name is pretty standard, not just for Lithuania but all the SSRs(?). heqs 22:03, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth in the USSR
Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Log/2006 January 30

message: Would someone please add the above deletion debate back to this log page again, please?  Someone keeps removing it but I don't like to edit war. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 05:30, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of state-named Avenues in Washington, D.C. (second nomination)]]
Talk:Mike Sillinger

message: I read a theory the other day which compares Sillinger to Kevin Bacon. If anyone feels up to it, I think this belongs in here. Google those two names together (Sillinger and Bacon) and you'll undestand. 24.87.56.142 (talk) 21:57, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two Degrees of Mike Sillinger?
Talk:Jørgen Leth

message: Fairly sure he was mentioned in the recent This American Life (number 408, act three) - how many danish filmmakers are living in jacmel, after all? it's a shame he wasn't mentioned by name as the anecdote would be extremely interesting to add here.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 32.167.30.173 (talk) 07:54, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Pensacola High School

message: Excuse me, I am doing a documentary/writing a book on the history of Pensacola High School. I happen to know the dates involved, and more facts on PHS than are on this page. Kindly do not change what I alter, I know what I'm doing.
Thank you,
Nathan Bannar
Researcher, PHS
:If you know what you're doing, then "kindly" give sources for your changes. Thank you. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 20:16, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Established date 

message: Kuhn was the second director of the IB program at PHS, and did not establish the program.  The initial director was Donna Dunson, who led it through 1995, I believe. 64.238.118.118 15:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 00:25, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kuhn did not establish IB program 
Talk:Eleni Karaindrou

message: i'm worried this current text seems to be lifted almost entirely from a copyrighted source. can someone with more experience look into this?
It has been removed due to its copyright status, but I have merely redirected it to its source at www.musicolog.com by a link under "External links" since it should merely be asserted as a source or reference, upon which the article could be improved and so forth.--Igni 04:43, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I find it strange that the text states she's born in 1941, whereas the categories include "1939 births". Is there an explanation besides a potential error? Bruno Unna (talk) 15:24, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Many Greek women indicate different years of birth at different points in their lives, but some fairly reliable sources agree on 1939. What's strange in this article is that the source given after the erroneous birth date 1941 says 1939 but no one dared to fix it accordingly. --Espoo (talk) 07:02, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Year of birth
Talk:Transportation Corps

message: Nobunaga24 05:50, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source 

message: I would like to change this entry's name to U.S. Army Transportation Corps (currently a redirect). feel free to comment. --Sm8900, 13:21, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  name change  
Talk:Barnabas (band)

message: I put up this page Barnabas (band) page then noticed this other one Barnabas (rock band) which already has a specific editor. Can michaelv merge these? Fenderbender 05:59, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Tampa Catholic High School

message: History sections appear to have been lifted from http://www.tampacatholic.org/history/briefhistory.htm .  Please rewrite before reposting. /blahedo (t) 06:03, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: Anyone notice that the TC student who added the crap about sports wasn't even intelligent enough to realize he/she shouldn't be writing in the first person? Did it make anyone else worry a little for the future? Of course, I wouldnt know since im retarded.152.3.46.121 10:02, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have sources, feel free to readd them, though your edit history gives me dim hope, given the vandalism. But the last two are not notable people: a local DJ is not a notable person, per WP:BIO. Magog the Ogre 2 (talk) 03:36, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Did anyone notice... 
Talk:Computer science/Archive 4

message: This was an obvious original work to begin with. Why do the aspects of theory and practice need to be combined? I am sure that it can be improved with sources.  — Dzonatas 12:45, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: . —Ruud 13:59, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  As discussed, but greatfully, the page is under protection. so let's discuss it more. — Dzonatas 16:15, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  If by "original work" you mean "summary of information contained in other Wikipedia articles", then sure.  But summaries aren't original research.  You need only read the articles on computer engineering, information technology, information systems, and software engineering to get  the information in that section.  Isn't Wikipedia itself a source?  --bmills 18:06, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia can't use itself as a source, but as long as the summarized article contains clearly-cited sources, it's not a problem. android79 18:12, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  As pointed out, there is no problem here with the combination. Theory and practice is inter-related. When the content of theory and practice grows and requires an article by itself, there would be logical consideration in dealing with them separately (But its inter-relation might render it prohibitive). The current situation is amenable. -- Evanx 01:42, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theory and practice 

message: I'm sure I'm going to regret doing this, but I made a start on theoretical computer science as a separate article, focussing on the people and organizations, they being somewhat distinct from other CS researchers. Stan 13:52, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that is a valid complement. -- Evanx 01:12, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Good decision. —Ruud 22:09, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theoretical computer science
Talk:Donald Ogden Stewart

message: Stewart is known to have joined the Communist Party, USA in 1936. He was active in the Communist-front group the League of American Writers. He stayed with the group after the Nazi-Soviet pact when most members left in disgust. He supported anti-war and isolationist activities designed to keep the USA out of WWII, activities of the type he later said were the exclusive province of wealthy fascists. After Nazi Germany broke the pact and invaded the Soviet Union, he and the League suddenly switched to loud calls for war with Germany and aid to the Allies. 
All of this info can be found either in his 1975 autobio 'By a Stroke of Luck', or in the Congressional Record for September 2nd 1942, in testimony given by Francis Biddle (FDR's Attorney General). I think it should be included in the article, but do not want to go to all the trouble of writing and sourcing just to have it reverted by some troll. What is the policy on adding material?
An exact date for his leaving the Party would be useful, if anyone can properly source it. 2.25.46.76 (talk) 00:13, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Communist Loyalties

message: I tried to improve it, but the Spanish version looks much better. Maybe his films work is more appreciated in Spanish speaking nations or in least by one fan there.--T. Anthony 06:18, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: ; Description : The focus of the project would be articles relating to the Algonquin Round Table, including its members and their literary works. 
; Interested Wikipedians (please add your name)
# Otto4711 17:42, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Algonquin Round Table proposal at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals]], please vote!