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CNN Breaking News: Iraq!
Siplus:
that's a very cynical view, and i don't beleive that's the case. saddam is an evil man to say the least, and he should not be allowed to govern any country--especially one that we can't trust
voidmain:
We (the US) only get a tiny percentage of our oil from Iraq so that's a bunch of nonsense.
flap:
quote:Originally posted by Siplus:
that's a very cynical view, and i don't beleive that's the case. saddam is an evil man to say the least, and he should not be allowed to govern any country--especially one that we can't trust
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I think this daily mirror front page explains the major reasons behind bush's iraq hard-on.
KernelPanic:
quote:Originally posted by void main:
We (the US) only get a tiny percentage of our oil from Iraq so that's a bunch of nonsense.
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Yes but Iraq has the second biggest oil reserves in the world. Russia and hina have pretty much exclusive rights to this at the moment.
America's problem is that Saudi Arabia's people are very upset set about their leaders (Saud royal family) being in bed with the US. America understands that if the people of Saudi Arabia revolt and oust the monarch, they have lost a big militaryily and economically strategic partner. For this reason they see it as quite nessesary to have a US friendly government in Iraq. I am not saying Saddam is not worth watching, I just don't belive he is #1 world priority at the moment and I belive there are definately ulterior motives to US/UK actions. Lots of what we are being told is for fear factor, which is just an element of government control. I really don't want to see young guys lives spared over this...
voidmain:
Yes but only around 10 percent of the US oil comes from the Persian Gulf region and by far the largest percentage of that 10 percent comes from Suadi Arabia. If they would let Bush drill in Alaska then it would be a non-issue. He wants to be less dependent on foreign oil so it pisses me off when people blame him for everything. We do have enough oil reserves to keep us going for quite some time, but alternative energy needs to be a higher priority. Saddam does scare the hell out of me. So does North Korea.
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