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War for oil? Sure, but that's not enough. There are more important things than oil in this world to rich and powerful people.
Things like security. Our military prescence in the Middle East was limited to using foreign airspace, which ultimately is under foreign control (Saudi Arabia & Turkey). America is not popular in these countries, especially; and any overthrow of the government in these countries (now much more possible due to the inspired extremists after 9/11) could lead to anarchy, and crowds could storm military bases, suicide attack them, etc. The government knew our military prescence in these countries was fueling anger, so they had to be moved. But where? Well, they decided that Iraq would be a nice, new base, a base with prime position to threaten states sponsoring terrorism (borders with Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iran.) A new "base" in Iraq gets the troops out of unfriendly territories, but still in a menacing position. Any of these governments will now think twice before letting terrorism spawn from within its borders. The American troops in Iraq put pressure on all of the Middle East to make sure terrorism doesn't get out of hand.
It's just a hypothesis, but I feel as if no one will be attacked next, unless another major terrorist attack against the US happens. The rhetoric with Syria and Iran is more of a warning that we won't tolerate any lax behavior when it comes to stopping terror against the United States. It will scare their governments, and put pressure on them to at least discourage terrorists from attacking America. Because if the attackers come from your country, you're next.
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Tracks that fuel my dreams:
CM - Dream Universe (Marino's Space Mix)
Illuminatus - Hope (Oliver Lieb Remix)
Virtualmismo - Last Train to Universe
Stefano Libelle - Ascension
Magica - Magica (Ibiza Remixx)
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