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Originally Posted by White Fox
But we should also recognize that the Iraq war was not about oil, it was about finding WMD.
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That, oddly enough, never turned up.
At least be honest about it. McCain has been...
It's about oil. It's all about oil. Our country is a junky for the stuff, and this president acts like junky-in-chief.
Holding hands with a frickin' authoritarian king. Selling him weapons. Whatever it takes.
And the stuff trickles in at a maximum profits to the despot.
While his subjects, who never see that wealth, plot to kill us.
Wouldn't a wiser investment be in alternative fuels? Isn't it time to try and detox?
Even if we fail to do it, the worst thing that happens is that we waste some money.
If we pick sides in a sectarian conflict in the greater middle east, it will cost us tons of money, there's no guarantee it will go our way, and when it's over, we're no better off than we were before.
Alternative energy is first and foremost a national security concern.
God Help Us if China develops something first.