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Old 12-11-2006, 12:18 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Just look at the bigger picture for a second. Do you honestly believe that the US really cares so much about the Iraqi people that they would invade a country just to give them freedom and democracy? Please! The whole of life is about Money. Money, Money, Money, Money, Money, Money.
it's not so much that the US cares, but that it was believed that freedom and democratization would bring about a reduction in terrorism.

if you want a real war for oil, gulf war I was far more about oil than gulf war II. not that it matters, because oil is a strategic resource anyway.

in any case, the points as you've mentioned them show that you are not grasping the principles of economics, as well as the economic figures on the ground for the corporations in question.
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