~SH~ said:
Money and Oil?
What a ridiculous claim?
We have never seen higher gas prices SO HOW CAN IT BE ABOUT OIL?
The war is costing us a fortune SO HOW CAN IT BE ABOUT MONEY?
Both arguments are absolutely ridiculous!
This is about terrorism, pure and simple. My brother-in-law showed me many pictures of all the munition storage areas that Saddam had that they had to destroy.
What part of Iraq invading Kuwait did you not understand?
WHAT PART OF THAT DON'T YOU GET RANDY ?????
There is a definite link between Bin Laden and Saddam Husein and that link is that they both support terrorism. Saddam used terrorism against his own people.
How can you be so blind randy?
~SH~
Higher oil prices were not what they thought they would get. In the long run, they will probably stabilize if some sense is ever made out of this. But higher prices is what they got. It wasn't part of the plan.
As for the money, if you really want to do something as badly as some in power wanted to take out Saddam, you will do it no matter what the cost. There are people making a lot of money over this whole thing. A lot of money.
For instance there are logging companies from Minnesota up here right now buying standing poplar trees, lots and lots of them, and hauling them home to make OSB board to ship directly to Iraq. Blow it up, then build it back again. As long as there have been wars, there have been those who made fortunes because of them. Not for all, but for some, this is about money.
The sad thing is that it's the soldiers and their families, who are NOT making money, and who in their hearts feel that they are over there for all the right reasons, who are paying the price. It's enough to break your heart. When the Cheney and Bush families send their children over to fight along with the boys from the poor neighbourhoods, then we will perhaps not doubt their personal intentions. Until they do, as far as I'm concerned this is about oil and money.
For instance, look at the Saudi's. This is a country that has public beheadings. This is the country that produced Osama. Yours is the country that taught him how to fight. The Saudi's have also produced as many terrorists as any country has. The Sept 11 bunch for a start. As well as more too numerous to count. They have also financed terrorists. You will never hear that on your local news, but outside your borders it does make the news. Don't even get me started on the joys of being a Saudi woman. :shock:
How come no one is talking about invading Saudi Arabia? MMM????
As for the Kuwait thing? If there was no oil if Kuwait, would America have come to it's defense? Just give it some thought. Try and see both sides of the story. It's not so simple.
The American media is the only one in the world to work this link between Bin Laden and Saddam so hard. No one else connects them. Even the Brits don't any more. Their biggest link is that the Bush administration didn't like either one of them. Not that there is a problem with that, but for Pete's sake they could have been honest and come out and said it. They didn't need to go around trumping up charges. Not finding the WMD really did not look good. Better to have never made that an issue in the first place than to be caught with a red face because they couldn't find them.
They are two different problems, and the sooner everyone figures that out the sooner a solution will be found. The Iraq situation will work itself out in time, as long as no one walks away from it. The Al-Queda thing needs a totally different approach. They are not the same.
