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reply posted on 12-3-2004 @ 02:20 PM by Thomas Crowne
Originally posted by riouxda
Originally posted by SonsOfLiberty
Hmmm, we helped Saddam (Iraq) against Ayatollah Komanei (Iran) because Saddam was the lesser of two evils, at the time. We helped the mujahideen (Afghanistan) against the communists (Soviet Union) because it was the lesser of two evils at the time.


Why the help then?? There are so many other countries in the world who would need the US's help? We help when money tells us to help... We probably won't go help a country where there's no money to make. There are many countries in Africa ruled by dictators but, the US government won't do anything about it...why? Because there is no need to spend money for a country which won't be profitable for us...


Let's try this again. As Sonsof Liberty pointed out, it was during the Cold War that we aided Iraq, Hussein in particular. It was not about oil, no more than any other country aided by us during that period. It was us against them, and wherever they attempted to spread, we attempted to throw up obstacles. We contained and bled them financially. During the Reagan years the Cold War efforts were escalated so that we could deplete the Soviets financial ability to continue their efforts. It worked.
Where are you getting your askewed version of history? How old are you?
Do you understand that there is a difference between being distributors of a product and being teh ones in control of the product? OPEC is in control of the oil production, they set the price and they sell it. Iraq has been with OPEC, has not been part of America. The oil pumped in Iraq now is controlled by OPEC prices as well. When everything is back to normal there, it will still be owned by the Iraqis, not the Americans, and we will still be in the same position we were beforehand. Making your assumptions and allegations does not in the least change the world reality.
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