If the war is about oil, then.....

hell the bio wepons are just as bad

[Titan]

I think they are worse. Although the US is in a treaty not to use them. We can stockpile them but they can\'t be used. Same with chemical weapons. We are in a treaty that we can stockpile them but can\'t use them. Iraq and NK I don\'t think are in that treaty so they can use whatever. However, I think we can retaliate with the same weapons they use but we aren\'t that bad.

Originally posted by videoholic
Why didn\'t we take the oil in \'91?

To be honest I cant really answer that question except by posing one of my own.

If Saddam is such the threat that he supposedly is, why did we just accept his surrender without forcing him to leave in 91\'?

Jiggs, great reply IMO

Ultimately, this war is about oil.

The fact that a maniacal dictator will be removed is just an added bonus.

[Titan]

Bush did not once say we were going to war for oil. Thats what happens when you believe everything the media says. That and people just assume this sort of shit.

I really dont think anyone would come right out and say it. That would not make them too popular around the world.

[SirMystiq]

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Yep. I mean if Bush went up to the UN and told them "I want Iraqs oil". They wouln\'t really like it, and would probably see him as a selfish, overconfident, punk that only cares about power, money, and the stability of his own country and who doesn\'t give a damn about what other leaders think, feel, or have to say because to him what he says its right, doesn\'t matter what the other losers say.......that\'s what they would think, not that any of that is true.....

No one clearly states anything it politics, must be some sort of tradition.  I know many times in history when Presidents avoided the main point by shadowing it with other factors.  This has its pros and cons of course.