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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (160188)2/6/2003 12:07:17 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 1578358
 
There are a lot of monsters out there but the question that never gets answered satisfactorily.......Why Saddam?

Does it occur to you that our national security people have judged Saddam to be one of several huge threats to the United States? This is the case, not only with those in the administration, but people outside the administration like Joe Biden, people who have been critical of the administration's policy, like Larry Eagleberger, like Brent Scowcroft, Norman Schwarzkopf. Do you think your judgment on the matter is superior to theirs?

The "oil" argument is bogus. If oil were THE goal, we'd have gone to Baghdad last time. The US interests are, frankly, at this point much bigger than the oil.

I'm not sure what liberals are envisioning here: We occupy Iraq, "capture" the oilfields, and steal the Iraqis money as the oil is sold off? Or what?

"It's about the oil" makes a great rallying cry for the liberals; but if you give it just a LITTLE thought, the entire concept is ridiculous.
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