I fail to see the oil logic.
It is going to cost alot of money to fight
a war with Iraq and there is a good chance Saddam will
destroy the oil fields before he goes out.
(Remember Saddam unleased into Gulf the largest oil spill in
world history.)
I haven't done the math, but the kind money spent on war could subsidize alot alternative fuel programs.
I am convinced the only reason the US does not go with more
alternative fuels already (like Brazil has), is because
the US wants to maintain income for oil producing countries.
Regarding why we didn't fight other conflicts:
We fought to stop genocide in Bosnia,
We helped to fight off starvation in Somolia,
We removed a dictator/drug dealer in Panama,
We removed a dictator in Haiti,
We helped defend Korea and succeeded for now,
We helped defend Vietnam and failed.
We fought to free China, Korea, Phillipines etc, from
the Japanese.
And Europe from the Soviets.
And the Nazis.
Ok we didn't show up for everything,
who else did?
The reason why we are going after Saddam is clear.
One can disagree on our methods, but I find it
disturbing that people can't see the facts.
Here is one of many: During the Gulf War, a US
bomber had 2 bombs left and dumped them off on a cleared
target that was not known exactly what it was being used for. It turned out later, that site was the location
of centrifuges that were being used to produce uranium.
If those bombs had not hit that building Iraq would had
an atomic bomb. Saddam's son-in-law spelled it all out
and was killed when he thought it was safe to return
after defecting.
The policy like I said is clear:
Remove Saddam from power to keep him from developing
weapons that can be passed on to others.
Create a US friendly government to help resolve the
Israel issues, which include creating a Palestinian State.
Keep Iraq from supporting Hamas.
Hopefully create an influence for Iran to become
more moderate.
Keep Saddam from hurting his own people.
Keep Saddam from dropping a bomb on Israel.
Of course you probably don't believe any of the above reasons. You think it is all oil.
Can you even imagine what it be like to live in Iraq or
North Korea? Of course you probably think the US is the one that is evil. |
