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To: stockman_scott who wrote (101951)	6/19/2003 5:24:52 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 281500

If a war is wrong before it starts, it's still wrong after it starts. That much is true. And by crossing the Kuwait border and invading Iraq, George Bush was just as wrong. "Just as wrong"?? I would argue its not wrong at all, but even if you think all wars but wars in direct self defense are wrong, or if you think Bush is an aggressive liar, who invaded Iraq because he thought it would help him win reelection (which is nonsense IMO), it still wouldn't be as bad as Saddam's invasion of Kuwait. The war was about many things, but subjugating the Iraqi people and stealing their oil was not one of them. And while the people of Kuwait where subjugated and abused during Saddam's brief control of Kuwait (yes some of the stories where exaggerated and yes Kuwait wasn't exactly the most free and democratic place before the invasion but my point still stands), while the US has liberated Iraqi's from a brutal dictator. If it wasn't about oil, why did the coalition of the willing get guards to the petroleum ministry and not to the international museum of antiquities? Because the oil is vital to the effort to rebuild Iraq and secure its economic future, also because the oil facilities where known to be a potential sabotage target even before the war, and lastly because the museum was largely looted by the time American forces began to get solid control over Baghdad. Market mechanisms already developed in democratic countries would insure dividing the spoils fairly among the competing companies. Iraq's oil isn't going to be spoils. Its going to be sold at the world market price and that sale will generate a lot of money for Iraq. Tim