What if Bush gets Osama?

[Mike AI]

Originally posted by RawAlex@Mar 5 2004, 04:25 PM
Mike, buying the party line doesn't make you a member of the party, just someone who buys into what they are saying. You are trying to read things into my posts that just aren't there. Your gotta admit, your pretty much repeating the current administration line on this issue. (and I am sure you will point out where it differs for me, I couldn't find those differences)

The reasons given for the war in Iraq by Bush had to do with WMD, failure to follow the UN deadlines, and (the kicker) fact that Saddam would likely give these weapons to his buddy Osama. Invading Iraq was made into a "war on terrorism" thing.

OIL? You think it is about oil? You didn't a year ago... nope, then it was all about them WMDs and terrorists... I mentioned it being about oil and maintaining the flow of the millions of barrels of oil and you (and many others here) made fun of the comments. I find it highly amusing to watch everyone changing their opinions and ending up on the square on the board that I started on.

Attacking Iraq hasn't stopped a single Terrorist act in America... and it has lead to scores of terrorist attacks on Americans inside Iraq.

Alex

Alex, you must not read my posts. You just assume you think what I am going to say.

My stance, and you can look it up on the board, has always been the war on Iraq is about oil and stability.

We knew we had to pull our troops from Saudi Arabia - they asked us to pull them, there was some hostility going on. We needed a place to put our troops in this vital area. Saddam popped his head up and started making waves. He was the PERFECT patsy.

Saddam played right into the US's hand. So now we get to go into Iraq, and out military will be garrisoned there for the next 50+ years. We are alreadying bulding permanent bases throughout the country.

This should hopefully lead to stabilizing the region so we can have CHEAP oil flow. Iraq is a very key location in the middle east. Can put pressure on many countries. Syrian, Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc....

Just because the main reason we went into Iraq was oil and stability, it STILL in my opinion does help on the war on terror. It helps the bad guys realize we are not playing around and will use our military might to secure our National goals.

Get over it Alex. The US will be in Iraq for our lifetime.... Hopefully we can do the same ot the middle east that we did to Europe and the Pacific rim.