Do you think that the western worlds lust for oil is going to start the nexy world war.  The Iraqi population are probably much worse off now than what they ever were under Saddam!  How many more of our troops have got to be maimed or killed just so we can fill up our fuel loving vehicles?  The divorce rate amongst forces personnel returning from their tour of duty is astronomical.  More broken homes to contend with and children without a stable family home life.  Is it really worth it???
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Oil has nothing to do with it.  Grow a brain MORON.
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i don't know what the final outcome in iraq will be, but i have made this very point to people i know. i heard the same thing in 1969 myself. we were in an unpopular war then, gas prices were soon to rise, people, for the most part, were becoming disillusioned with our government, jobs were soon to start drying up and many were to move overseas, interest rates were starting to rise. sounds like deja vu all over again today, doesn't it?
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Hilter said give me Poland and I would stop. We know what happene there. Husseun given all the oil money would have a nucleur bomb and guess what he would do? Give those Weapons to terrorist and bomb us so either get him now or lose many lives next. History repeats itself and if you think Iraq would behave itself then I got a bridge to sell you.
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This is a little off subject but reminds me of a conversation I had a few days ago. In that conversation, I was saying that I truly believe ppl alive today are living in the 'best of times'.\n\nWhy do I believe this? Because we have all the commodities of oil products such as plastic etc... making for a lot of luxury and the fact that we are not quite yet completely controlled by big brother. That day is coming sooner than ppl realize.
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I think there is a new world coming, I call it the future. I don't know if it will be better or worse than the world we have now. Bush will be out of office soon; that's one bright spot. I'm inclined to think it will be worse simply because there will be more people around in the future, and that can only spell trouble. As for what I'm doing to make it better...not much. I am trying not curse around children as often, I guess that's something.
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The insertion of troops was a major mistake. The entire region under Islamic influence from Morocco to Indonesia is far less stable as a result. The U.S. is increasingly seen as dictatorial by increasing numbers of people around the world. Our economy has been vastly weakened. We do not have enough troops available should other emergencies develop. The Civil War, denied by the Bush administration but acknowledged as being fully underway by the rest of the world, deepens daily and leaves American troops there as sitting ducks. There can be no victory in Iraq. Just as the British learned after World War I, the Iraqis will not be conquered. There is too much value underground (oil) and too much division above-ground. The only result of continued occupation will be increasing governmental debt for the U.S. and more dead and injured American soldiers. Military contractors such as Halliburton are being enriched. The Bush administration has no idea of what they mean by "victory", nor does Tony Blair in England.
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I don't think the war should have happened to begin with. Yeah getting Saddam was a plus but so far it's been the only positive of going there. Now here we are a couple years later and we're still fighting. Saddam was a bad guy I'm not going to deny that but we didn't go over there to remove him from power. We were supposed to find WMD's and regardless of what you hear, no WMD's were found. Yes there was some mustard gas found but it was over 15 years old and it wouldn't have done anything. Now we're stuck in a terrible situation. We totally destroyed a country and now we're going to be there for a long time trying to rebuild what we tore down. We need to get out of there.
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NO!!if any of what bush told us before we invaded iraq was true then maybe i could condone being there???? but every single thing was a lie and was blamed on false or poor intelligence??? bull****!i am a retired naval officer from the first gulf war and i'll tell you like i told everyone from the start!! BUSH LIED!!!!!!! now he refuses to admit any wrong doing and our troops will continue to be killed for NOTHING!!! THE WHOLE THING WAS A SHAM TO START WITH!! every other country in the world knew that from the start. most americans followed blindly into a ideological, useless war that will only result in dead soldiers and trillions of our tax dollars spent to support a terrorist nation that WILL have another saddam running it within 5 years!! JUST WATCH AND LEARN PEOPLE!I'VE BEEN THERE!!!!!!!!
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It is sad that the good people of the armed forces are losing their lives for a political war, it is about one thing, then another, guy above me is a neo-con operitive, it was never about freeing the people of Iraq from anything. It was all about greed, you can see that everytime that you fill your tank. Not one life is worth it, not one.
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I think it woudl sure be a wake up call for the Middle East if suddenly they had a product that wasn't in so much demand! Consdering their whole economy is based on oil sales, they would be in deep.... I think it would be cool to go fuel up with a tank of Jim Beam! Even south of the border could start making more money, how much for a tank of Tequila? I know of several people that use bio-diesel, and just love being able to bypass fueling stations.
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who did it? well it wasnt the butler in the hallway wilh a candlestick. how many different arab leaders are there in U.A.E.?i wouldnt know.however, it had to be a terrorist group of the arab world. look at the names listed they were all arabic.as for the official story, what we read and saw on the tube was as official as it gets.information concerning this tragic day possibly was edited just to be on the safe side. what i mean is that the story probably had more to it than what was said ,but with the turmoil in the world today, the increasing price of oil and fingers pointed at everyone, why say anything to start trouble? personally i dont think our country is the most advanced in defense or technology.our computers are made up of japans experts and as far as i know our defense systems are made with the same technology. i think there a a few small nations in the world that have come a long way as we have but secrets must be kept.hopefully im wrong but,i have read and surfed the web,i had found many items of interest that are questionable.im not a trouble maker and i think any information gotten will be sufficient enough to sustain my curiosity. i served during vietnam and i enlisted and would do it again. this country is my home and i was proud to serve.
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it's not wise at all....to martin s on top, i really appreciate what u guys did in iraq to help the pple. however, why did the US invade iraq in the first place? on ground that they are havin WMD, isn't it? However, in my own understanding (correct me if im worng), the UN didn't agree to use military force, the US went in themselves..and for the saddam issues...whatever or however tyrant he maybe, it's still his country's problems...why did the US wanted to interfere??? u said Iraq has lotsa terrorist training camps all around in iraq, there're so many training camps around in the world, indonesia, afganistan adn so much more in the middle east, can the US really eradicate all?? I think the reasons behind it is still the availabilty of iraq's oil..why, weapons of mass destruction, well, North korea and iran had admitted to owning them, but the US didn't attack them...and iraq, US claims there're WMD, where the hell are the evidence??
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Have we not had enough wars?  What did we gain so far?  Disrepect from the rest of the world from what I can gather talking with people around the world.  \nOn what ground do we wage a war with China?  We'll be shooting ourselves in the foot again, and big time!
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it appears we have another Hanoi Jane on our hands.or another Tokyo rose,don't kid your selves the American troops are in Iraq and they are doing the job they are supposed to do, so don't try spreading this kind of junk around it won't work as any one who has been in the military will know different, maybe some of these Lilli livered civilians will believe it but not many of them Will, at least not the real men, and this wussies Capt should be relieved of command if she made such a statement, and will be. war is not for the wussies unless it comes home then even the wussies will learn to fight or die,and if we don't win in Iraq then they will be here for us to fight on our own soil, our people know this so make up your mind do you want to fight them there or here one thing is for sure we will fight them,they have already attacked America several times will your kids or parents wife , girl Friend or you  be killed in the next attack?keep listening to these shit heads and you will get the opportunity to fight here,\nso call your congress man and demand that we let our men fight these monsters there on their own ground and kill their own people not ours,and to the hell with P.C. lets kick some butt ,
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Eeeek!  As an outsider I'm going to wade in...walkin on egg shells though it be.\n\nI know there are alot of feelings regarding the war in Iraq.  But it's just not Iraq.  It's pretty much the middle east.  There's Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq....me oh my.\n\nNow, I believe every country has a right to govern itself and America should not be the world's enforcer so to speak, but ......\n\nSaddam Hussein was a threat to the free world.  Osam Bin Psycho is a threat to the free world.   It's easier to stick our heads in the sand and say, well it's over there so why worry about it.\n\nThe reality is that these nuts hate the US.  Why?  My guess...Jealousy.   The have's, the have not's.  The sane, the not so much.\n\nDo you really believe that leaving these fundamentalists alone will make them leave the US alone?   No way.  They'll keep coming.  Keep recruiting.  Then hit you again.  Hussein financed idiots like bin psycho.  I truly believe that.  And I think Iran is helpin him out too.  That's why he hasn't been found.\n\nNot only does the US need to see this through, NATO countries need to step up to the plate and help more than they are.  Because if the US falls or is terribly injured, the rest of us so called "free" countries are in big trouble.  Reality check.  I'm Canadian.  I support what's going on, and I support the US troops and my troops in Afghanistan 100%. \n\n I just wish my government put more funding into our Military instead of every special interest group that comes along.   There's no way we could protect our own borders if necessary.  Not through fault of our troops, but from the ancient crap they have to work with. We need you guys.   Take pride in the fact that at least your government is trying to protect the free world.  Even if mistakes are made along the way.
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Thankfully, we're veering right.\n\nStill with that tired, old "war for oil" hippie protest I see. Tell me, exactly where is all of this oil we've stolen in the war.\n\nWe became the world's police after WWII, way before you were born.\n\nWe could be spending our money on making our military even stronger is we weren't busy wasting it on failed liberal social programs.\n\nThe LAST THING libs need is a better drug program.\n\nWho's threatening your freedom of speech? Do you mean when those "evil conservatives" try to prevent you from urinating on the graves of soldiers?
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we're still at war because of oil, however the Bush regime is much more interested in the money and power than american lives. the money and power will payoff higher by using middle eastern oil rather than american oil. already we've set up a puppet government in iraq. the reason democracy hasnt kicked in over there is because we havent let it. the war is to important to them. they profit from it both politically and financially. \nand yes we do need our troops home. they arent fighting some evil dictator, or saving my freedom. saddam never posed a threat to american freedoms. if anyone poses threats to american freedoms it is the terrorists in washington dc. right now congress is trying to vote to eliminate flag burning, which is an essential part of your first ammendment as freedom of speech.\nand many of the troops that are being killed over there are National Guard. The National Guard was, and still is, intended for use on our home soil for things like evironmental disaster relierf, like katrina. it is illegal to send them to fight a war in another country, yet the bush regime has managed to do it any way.\nthere are SO many more factors that i would love to get into, and will if you would like me to, but i think that basically sums it up.\n\nand to people saying that "crazies are trying to kill us. should we kill them?" or "we have to apply pressure to the militant force that's there?" the answer(s) is no. they're no crazier than you or i, or any other person. they're patriots to they're country. anywhere from 100,000 to 350,000 iraqi lives have been lost, maintly civilians. picture this: iraqi's invade america on a bullshit term, and kill your family. what would you do? i can bet you'd fight back. they're not terrorists. they are insurgants. they have no links to terrorists cells, especially not Al-Queida, like we try to link them to. They are not talking orders from bin Laden, or anyone. they are upset that we're there and that we're killing them.\n\ni posted this earlier:\nthings that make me mad.\n\n1. That Almost anyone that reads this can tell me who Brad Pitt is dating, but couldnt tell me the names of their Senators, or anything about politics to save their life.\n\n2. That our congressional representatives are taking bribes from oil companies to lean oil policies their way. Already over $142 million dollars have been accepted from people in congress.\n\n3. Our government launched a war against Iraq on the basis of WMDs even though they knew that information was false months before.\n\n4. We are now looking into any means possible to keep Iran from developing Nuclear Weapons, and are willing to use our own Nuclear Weapons on them to stop them. Casualties for such an atroscity would easily be over one million lives.\n\n5. Our leaders are profiting from this war, both politically and finacially.\n\n6. Our government sat back and watch as North Korea developed their own Nuclear capabilies.\n\nEveryday we move closer and close towards a facist theocracy. Americans who try to speak up are labeled as traitors, un-patriotic, and /or terrorists. Many americans are to caught up in the lies the government and media throw at us.\n\nMy challenge to anyone who reads this is to do some homework. Find out how your everyday freedom is being taken away right in front of your eyes. Watch the evening news tonight instead of access hollywood, or do your research on the web. im not forcing my political belief on you. im telling you the truth because i think, as an american you desearve to know.\n\n\nThe Irony To "The War On Terror" That Washington Is Fighting Is, That The Real Terrorists Are IN WASHINGTON.