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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR
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To: Mark Konrad who wrote (13426)2/26/2003 8:13:44 PM
From: Steeny  Read Replies (1) of 25898
 
Do you honestly think we would be going into Iraq if not for the oil? We saved Kuwait because we feared Husein would next take our good "friends" the Saudis & gain control of 40% of the world's oil. I don't think the US wants to take control of other countires but we have always acted primarily to protect our financial interests, which is why we did not seize Kuwait.

The Marshall plan is generally considered the crux of the post WW2 boom in the US economy. We did not lose anything on the Marshall plan. Have you ever studied it? Bottomline, we lent the Europeans money to pay American companies & farmers to rebuild & feed Europe. It was a massive success for both sides. I agree we may turn on the Iraqi oil taps to pay for this war. If that is true, why hasn't Bush said so? Because he knows the world will accuse him of going in for the oil. It might become an unacceptable
solution if the Arab world views it as theft. However, I still think that some deal between us & the new Iraqi leadership will help pay for the war.

GWB is the first President in my memory to have such total disdain for our allies. Do you think GHWB, Reagan, Ford, Nixon, or Ike would have handled the leadup to war without first gaining the support of our allies? Ike is probably one of my favorite Presidents by the way.

I agree the UN is not a good tool for war. It was not meant to be. It was supposed to allow the freeflow of ideas between nations.

The US got rich becuase of the trade we have done with our allies. We need them.
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