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Originally Posted by directfiesta
You are right.... They got a tacit silent permission from the USA tough ...
( I have the video of it in DVD, really don't feel like getting it in divx, since no one will watch it ...)
At that time, Kuwait was pumping way more oil then it was supposed to... ( yes, oil , the key word ).
For every dollar that the oil was dropping in price on the market, Iraq was losing a billion dollar...
Saddam needed that money to repay for his war with Iran ( main creditor was the USA )...
So a meeting was setup, and the USA sort of said that they wouldn't interfer ...
Don't kid yourself ... why the hell would the UN and/or the US intervene ... to save a few camel jockeys, as you call them ... They don't intervene in Darfour, didn't in Rwanda, wont in Ethiopia/Somalia ...
This Iraq thing goes back to the day when Iraq was a CLOSE alley of the Soviet Union, pissing off the USA... Saddam then came ....
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Why hasn't the US intervened in Africa? Oh, that's right - we did. And after a single incident where American blood was shed (the "Blackhawk Down" incident) public support in the US disappeared. We should be in Iraq; We should also be in Africa making sure warlords aren't running these countries and making sure entire counties aren't starving. It's the right thing to do. Public support isn't there for us to be in Africa while public support "accepts" us being in Iraq because of the oil issue.
Setting aside the possible connection between Bush, his government, and the big oil connections...... Yes, this was about oil. While the oil companies are raking in huge profits there is something much more at stake here. Japan attacked the US in WWII because of - surprise - oil.
Saddam invaded Kuwait and was poised to attack Saudi Arbria. Imagine Saddam being in control of the bulk of the world's oil reserves. I personally have no problems with a gallon of gas in the US costing $60 a gallon - My commute is all of four minutes I'm positive it would help keep the idiots off the road. But imagine what that would do for our economy.
Just think - Gas prices jump through the roof and sudddenly no one has money for entertainment (read: porn).