darth_ender said:
Hey, it's me. said:
darth_ender said:
Hey, it's me. said:
They caused the unnecessary deaths of thousands due to their greed for oil. That's all Iraq was about ender, don't get confused. The oil fields were the first port of call when the invasion began, and were being sold off even before the whole country was taken (which didnt take long)
Let's say that the US liberated France during WWII, but several Vichy supporters/Nazi sympathizers engaged in a protracted guerilla war, largely by dressing as civilians and attacking civilians. Would FDR or Truman or Churchill have suddenly become war criminals because of the all the "unnecessary deaths"? Or would the actual terrorists be guilty of anything?
I wish folks would not cite Michael Moore in their research. Do some of your own research and come to a more balanced conclusion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationale_for_the_Iraq_War#Oil
The US hardly benefited from Iraq's oil. Russia and China sure did. I find this insulting, because I think it would have been charitable of Iraq to actually try to repay the US for their liberation from Hussein, but nope.
Make no mistake, I think the Iraq invasion was a huge error in judgment. I'm no longer a backer of it. But I think those who try to vilify Bush are simpletons and ignoramuses who rely on far too little information and prefer to jump to hasty and unsupported conclusions to justify their hatred of him.
I'm not citing Michael Moore. I remember watching the news when the invasion began and distinctly remember the first thing that was done was securing the oil fields before they were set on fire by the Iraqis. The price of oil came down and 2 fingers were stuck up to OPEC.
I don't recall that (I was on my mission at the time and missed a lot of news early in the war), but the reasoning more securing the fields is logical to me. Would you want another ecological and financial disaster like that again? And if such were truly the goal (which was clearly in our power to ensure), why are gas prices 200-250% higher now than when the war started? And even if you recall a few little bits of information that supports your theory, I doubt you developed it on your own. I'm confident you've had it supported by what you've viewed and read, and you haven't looked into much of anything that might contradict your theory.
Fuck the oil fields. The aim is to overthrow Saddam and free the people.