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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Elroy who wrote (205416)10/7/2004 2:05:22 AM
From: beach_bum  Read Replies (2) of 1578388
 
Elroy,
Re : "I've said doing to Saudi what has been done to Iraq would have been a much more appropriate response to 9/11. No one seems to have an opinion."

There is a problem with attacking saudis (or yemen). First of all, who do you attack there ? Their govt is already siding with Bush. Attacking iraq and getting Saddam out of power is very tangible for claiming victory. This would have been the case if we had attacked pakistan, since Musharraf was already helping us. Iran may have been a better target (if we had to pick!). Khatami is very pro-democracy and has a popular support and it would have been a lot easier replacing Khomeini with Khatami than the situation in Iraq. They could claim to be invade iran to spread democracy in the middle east and also surround Bin Laden in Afganistan. it would put more pressure on Saddam (and maybe there was a chance he would change his stance with the US after seeing Iran succumb).

But, I think the problem there is that there is no oil in Iran. I can understand the stretegy to go after Iraq with Oil in mind (giving 9/11 as an excuse). Control of oil wells in Iraq (or a US friendly govt there) could give us hugh leverage in improving our economy. An extra $200-$300 per month from cheap oil would do wonders to consumer confidence and potentially the economy. However, as we saw, it all fell apart, primarily because it was viewed as an illegitimate war by many and made it worse by attacks on oil pipelines in Iraq, contribution to increase in oil price, among other factors. Not that i agree with the thinking - I would rather invest in R&D to find other sources of energy. but I can see the thinking behind attacking iraq.

Bum.
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