I admit, the United States did not have a great record of installing regimes in the Cold War. Back then the US had a Machiavellian foreign policy where defeating communism was the only thing taken into consideration. Before you can say that America has been horrible installing regimes and has never liberated anyone however, you must look at post-WWII Europe, Japan, South Korea, and post-Cold War Eastern Europe before you judge the entire American record. I trust that America will install a democratic government in Iraq because they cannot afford not to. If 9-11 taught us anything about the Middle East, it taught us that that drastic democratic reform was needed in that region. Now that all eyes are on America, they cannot afford to fuck this thing up. I am sorry that I "bull that shit" by implying that America will do the right thing in a post-Saddam Iraq. It is not without reason or rationality though Andrew.
You're completely retarded if you think that we can't find ways around that. There are water based lubricants. You can make fuel out of alcohol. Just because oil is in so many things NOW doesn't mean it always will be. We should start working on something more permanent, because furthermore, there won't always be oil. If we are entirely dependent on oil, and it eventually runs out, we'll be more fucked than ever. It would be better to start spending money on something practical rather than trying to control what little scraps of a dieing system.
Jesse you are most likely wrong when you say that Iraq has half the worlds oil fields because I assume you are pulling those numbers out of your ass (which is fine) but you are basing them on America. Therefore under that condition you are wrong because America only gets 20% of its oil from all of the middle East, so I imagine most of that would come from Kuwait and so on thus Iraqi oil would be a great benefit to America and all the other nations, but it at this moment hasn't been tapped as heavily by America.
Ben your arguement is completely unfounded. No where in my article did I say that the Iraqis should destroy their oil. All I was stating was that it seemed odd for Bush to make it so blatent that he didn't want the Iraqis to destroy their oil wells. And his own words made me feel as though he was more concerned about the oil then the people of Iraq themselves. You can not truly argue with this because it is a fact, this is how Bush's words made me feel. And you know what your last post was a mindless devotion to the government. You basically stated it is too late now to care about Iraq and to protest an unjust war against Iraq instead because "the cards are on the table" we must just sit idle and watch as Bush wages war. And lastly Ben I know your aren't stupid and I know that you aren't an idealist so all I want you to do is that maybe, just maybe America is the goodness fairy that you make it out to be, yes America does a lot of good in this world, but when it comes to installing regimes and hasn't been at its finest. You know this as well as I, so lets not try and pretend that everything will be good and happy after good old happy America liberates the sad people of Iraq and puts big smiles on every one's faces - Don't try and bull that shit on this website because you are better than that mindless dribble.
Even if we create electric cars, electric anything it still needs to be lubricated. LUBRICATION COMES FROM CRUDE OIL. Same place we get gasoline. As does jet, and rocket fuel. Without crude oil, no space exploration, no electric cars, no imported monkeys, no intercontinental travel. It is not as simple of a matter as the democrats want to make it. Oil is everything in the world today, EVERYTHING, but few would actually admit it.
Iraq has half the world?s oil and Sadam has a history of destroying oil fields. Without oil there would be mass starvation, and we would be thrown back to the Bronze Age. Think things out. Dumb Ass
What seems dumb to me, is that we're wasting money on oil, whereas we could focus more on more renewable sources. The money we're spending on OTHER COUNTRIES could be focused domestically on energy sources like solar and or wind energy. In fact, we could build a light rail system that would work instead of going to war. Maybe it's because I'm an isolationalist, but I think the money being wasted on this situation has some real purposes hear.
Fine Gross, encourage the Iraqis to destroy the fucking oil fields!! Do you give a damn about a post-war Iraq, or would you like the Iraqi people to continue to live in hoplessness and poverty? Now that the cards are on the table Gross, all we can do is pray. Hopefully the war will be quick and successful, with the minimum casualties on all sides. After the war, that oil is absolutely essential for making Iraq a democratic nation and rebuilding the countries economy. If you want another brutal dictator Gross, encouraging the Iraqis to destroy the oil fields is a great first step!
Mr. Hussein for every American that dies you will be held responsible,
for every Iraqi that dies you will be held responsible.
For every American city that is destroyed you will be held responsible,
for every Iraqi city that is destroyed you will be held responsbile.
For every slightest moment of discomfort an American feels you will be held responsible,
for every slightest moment of discomfort an Iraqi feels you will be held responsible.
For every human that has to fear the bombs of the United states or your own bombs, you will be held responsible. You have decided to not listen to the world's opinion and the opinions of the Security council. You have decided through your ruthlessness and your ignorance to continue to brutalize your citizens and defy the world. You have brought this war upon yourself by denying prospects of peace. You have had the choice to spare your country from suffering and misfortune , and instead welcomed war and committed genocide. You destablized this world, your country, and this country. You have killed far too many! You don't care about your countries citizens, so now it is time for them to finally be rid of you.
Sorry but that was a pretty decent ryhming pun. But I actually am writing about Sadamm because I can't spell his name - no actually I am writing because he scares the shit out of me because he is crazy. Sadamm has never refrained from using chemical weapons on his own people and has never been afraid to use force in the past. He did refrain from chemicals Kuwait, which does give me some hope, but not enough to be comfortable with him in such a tight position. He reminds me of a really physcotic, and angry squirrel that is in a few days will have his back against a wall with the only escape through America. Eventhough this analogy isn't totally true because Saddamm has such a vast underground tunneling system that he will be able to flee very quickly if needs be, but nonetheless the fact that a foriegn army will be taking over his nation, says to me that he might resort to some drastic plots. I would be very fearful if I were living in Israel right now as that is his closest target, but I am still very nervous about the US. An attack is expected on America, whether or not it will be foiled, and personally that makes me on the nervous side. I kind of feel as though I would be better off in a small nation that is surrounded by water that is neutral on almost every issue - Ah Ireland! I wish I lived in Ireland. It isn't that I am fearful of my life, but I am quite nervous of what Saddam (who is crazy) will release against America, Britian, and all the other nations that are supporting the forcible removal of Saddamm from their nations.
Mr. Bush for every American that dies you will be held responsible,
for every Iraqi that dies you will be held responsible.
For every American city that is destroyed you will be held responsible,
for every Iraqi city that is destroyed you will be held responsbile.
For every slightest moment of discomfort an American feels you will be held responsible,
for every slightest moment of discomfort an Iraqi feels you will be held responsible.
For every human that has to fear the bombs of the United states or the bombs of Saddam, you will be held responsible. You have decided to not listend the the world's opinion and the opinions of the Security council. You have decided through your ruthlessness and your ignorance to wage an unjust war. You have brought this war upon your own hands by denying prospects of peace. You have choice to not exhaust every option of peace, and instead declared war. You destablized this world and this country. You have killed far too many!
