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To: TimF who wrote (1816)	8/19/2008 7:57:23 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 86356

As for inevitable resource wars, I disagree that the wars you describe are inevitable, or even likely if free trade in oil and other resources is maintained. Tim, my view is that when this nation goes to war for what is perceived our national interest, we aren't giving the opposition the blatant ability to say it's a war for "resources" (oil, coal, water.. etc).. Although my views on the war in Iraq have nothing to do with oil (it was about preserving the integrity of the UN and international order), opponents can make a very convincing argument that it was all about oil.. Kind of like what is happening in Georgia.. Without that pipeline, we'd have more flexibility to assert our foreign policy based upon the principle of confronting aggression and external subversion. Let the developing countries wage the resource wars while we remain an objective arbitrator, that's what I would like to see. Hawk