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Originally posted by UM_Gazz
[ Can the United States of America ever find a way to escape this hell in Iraq?
[edit on 30-5-2007 by UM_Gazz]
Originally posted by ferretman2
And after the US left Vietnam.......3 million people were excuted.
But I guess you'd all be okay if that happen again........
Originally posted by dbates
I think your thoughts are partially correct. I suspect the need for a dictator is part of the reason that that the former President Bush didn't step in and over-throw Saddam. As for the search for WMDs. It was an excuse used at the time. I think that they would have created another excuse eventually if 9/11 hadn't happened. Did they honestly belived that there were weapons in Iraq? They got intelligence to tell them what they wanted to hear. Maybe the believed their own hype, but deep down they know why they did it.
It's all about control over the oil production. Anyone who doesn't see that is blind. Oil production has peaked and demand is increasing. The US has Saudi in it's pocket, Iraq conquered via war, and Iran is hedged in between two U.S. contolled territories now. The "Gates of Hell" have yet to be opened. Once people wake up to the fact that OPEC is lying about it's reserves, it's going to get worse. Much worse. All this talk about democracy and WMDs is just a distraction. Personally I think we enjoy seeing the entire region in disarray. We don't want them to be unified against U.S.
"My fellow citizens, at this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.
Originally posted by AbitTweaked
Far as controlling oil. That is laughable seeing that mainly right now most of the oil consortiums in Russia and China are getting Iraq contracts and pump stations.
Originally posted by dbates
The U.S. is content to sit and wait for now. They have control of the land.