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Originally Posted by Sparky Farkas
Feckin-A! That is precisely how hosed up "Cheese" Dick Cheney, President Codpiece and their minions were/are. No one said we got less oil before Bush's War. You are making an argument that at this point no one has forwarded. In fact I agree, more oil before the war. And your point re oil before/after Bush's War is?????????
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Originally Posted by Sparky Farkas
Iraq was not our enemy. We just wanted their oil.
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We were already getting their oil. And we were getting more of it than we are now. So your statement is wrong.
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Oh, OK, then it will have been worth the lives of hundreds of thousands Iraqis, over 4,000 American GIs, 3 trillion dollars and boat loads of American good will and diplomacy.
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We should have finished the job during the Persian Gulf War instead of leaving that genocidal despot in control of Iraq.
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Originally Posted by Sparky Farkas
Yeah, when you are into empire building that is pretty much it. They do what we tell them, when we tell them, and how we tell them. WE decide how THEY run their p*ssant democracy, eh? "Just tell me you had a great night and I'll leave quietly."
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Empire - A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.
Now what is one of the goals of the United States in Iraq... ah yes, to get the Iraqi government to a point where they can operate and defend themselves with complete autonomy. Therefore, not part of an empire and not empire building.