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To: Road Walker who wrote (340395)	6/14/2007 2:59:15 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 1575352

We wouldn't have sent our troops to occupy Iraq if we were oil independent. You have no way of knowing that. It does lower oil prices. If the oil companies had to field their own army to protect those assets it would be reflected in the price. Instead the government (you and me) pays. Yes, and the fact that our military protects us from invasion, and our police forces and courts and jails, from criminals is a similar "subsidy". If businesses had to hire private armies and police forces they would have to charge more. That's domestic, not foreign armies overthrowing other governments. The principle is the same. Force is provided to protect the peace and access to resources, and to prevent others from removing such access. It would be different if Iraq was a war of conquest with us taking the oil away from Iraq, but that isn't the case.

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