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Originally Posted by S-2
"Bush wanted oil and he wanted to settle his vendetta with Saddam after the first gulf war."
Is that what you've learned by studying econ. How much oil did Bush get paid? How much oil did America get paid? How do we get our oil? Is there an oil-for-war account?
You seriously believe that the POTUS sent our nation to war as a personal "vendetta"?
Pathetic.
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I do believe that oil was definitely a priority (even though this may seem naive to you). Now with all due respect i don't think the War in Iraq was for national security purposes like Afghanistan was. Even though Saddam was a terrible person (of course that's an understatement) I doubt that he posed direct a threat to the US security at the time.
(And i'm only first year econ so give me a chance.)