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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (22229)12/6/2004 10:33:39 AM
From: redfish  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
"Since you think US support shuld always be based on strategic interests, then you cannot possibly have any quarrel with the US taking Iraq and its large oil reserves"

If that had been presented by the Bush Cabal as a reason for the war I would certainly have given it consideration, but it wasn't.

Certainly if the U.S. spends a couple of hundred billion dollars and over 1,000 solders' lives in an action, I expect some benefit to accrue to the U.S., otherwise what is the point?

Given the situation in Iraq, I think it is unlikely that we will be able to maintain control over its reserves, as that would require a stable Iraq government that is friendly towards the U.S.
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