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Originally posted by Fir3start3r I'm sorry, did you guys miss the first line or something?

nope. just pointing out the following 50 lines that appear to be unread by the OP.

personally, i'm not screaming "blood for oil'. we're just running out of excuses. no 9/11, no WMDs, no yellowcake, no Osama, no threat to the United States, and the region sure as hell is no more stable.

any more ideas?

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Originally posted by ResonantDrag nope. just pointing out the following 50 lines that appear to be unread by the OP. personally, i'm not screaming "blood for oil'. we're just running out of excuses. no 9/11, no WMDs, no yellowcake, no Osama, no threat to the United States, and the region sure as hell is no more stable. any more ideas?

That's the problem though, it has never been 'stable' lol

Suppressed? Yes. Stable? Almost never.

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Originally posted by Fir3start3r That's the problem though, it has never been 'stable' lol Suppressed? Yes. Stable? Almost never.

dear lord no, i wouldn't claim that the region was ever stable. i'd almost wager that factions of single cell organisms have been battling it out there since the dawn of time.

i mentioned the stability cause that's one of the talk points stated as a case for war.

one after one, these reasons are being uncovered as either being outright lies (wmds) or completely unobtainable (region stability). war for oil is one of the remaining theories that has yet to be disproved.

and we could have kept saddam suppressed for a fraction of the costs.

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Originally posted by ResonantDrag dear lord no, i wouldn't claim that the region was ever stable. i'd almost wager that factions of single cell organisms have been battling it out there since the dawn of time. i mentioned the stability cause that's one of the talk points stated as a case for war. one after one, these reasons are being uncovered as either being outright lies (wmds) or completely unobtainable (region stability). war for oil is one of the remaining theories that has yet to be disproved. and we could have kept saddam suppressed for a fraction of the costs.

Unfortunately for everyone, he simply couldn't be trusted.
Especially after nationalizing the oil industry and invading Kuwait.
Do we really want to throw money towards someone like that?
There's no doubt he needed to go, but obviously not for the (main) reason we were given.

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