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To: Alighieri who wrote (340252)	6/13/2007 1:12:36 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574683

We had no substantial oil supply from Iraq Where the oil we buy comes from isn't really all that important. Any disruption of any of the world's supply of oil effects the price we pay. A severe enough disruption would be quire harmful. In any case "about oil" doesn't really mean "about Iraqi oil". Iraq doesn't just have a lot of oil, its near other large producers, and it was potentially a threat to that production. where there was no Alqueda terror presence That's too strong of statement. There is some evidence of some presence. You might say something like "where there is no evidence that the government was allied with Al Qaeda", and than I'd probably agree. Of course Al Qaeda terrorist, aren't exactly the only type of terrorists. but we invaded it to prevent the non oil supply from being threatened by the non Alqueda presence who could acquire WMDs that did not exist. There was a whole list of concerns, you mention 1 in a distorted way. Addressing that one concern, their where no WMD (or at least the existent WMD where pretty insignificant). But there where WMD programs. Mostly suspended, but ready to be fully resumed when the international inspection and sanctions regime broke down. Those WMD could later be used by Iraq, or by some terrorist organization, including, but not limited to use by Al Qaeda. The concern here was not about imminent threats but possible future threats.