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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ
Kane, we went there for 2 reasons. First, to secure a vulnerability in the world oil price fixing market. In short, did you know the overhead (2006) for a barrel of oil shipped to the US from Saudi Arabia is $3.85? The rest is profit.
Second, was to pick the battlefield to fight Islamic fanaticism. I actually thought this was a brilliant plan because all the weekend jihadists poured into Iraq to fight the infidels and we didn't have to chase them around the world or make deals with other governments.
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I don't disagree with you about the reasons we went there, but I don't think we should have gone. We had no hope of winning this fight. That part of the world has known nothing but unrest and turmoil since the beginning of written history and there is no reason to believe that will ever change. If we pulled every troop out of Iraq today it would only be a matter of time until there was a civil war or a coup and another dictator was put in place.
As for terrorist, sure, we killed some there is no questioning that. I feel for every terrorist we killed we created three. We forget that throughout the middle east the press and media are predominately controlled by the government. We also forget that the education divide and separation of wealth are enormous. So many people there are taught from day one to hate us and they have no way of knowing otherwise. Now they are taught to hate us and they are given the example of us invading a sovereign nation as proof for their hatred. We killed many terrorist and we have others on the run and in 10 years we will be dealing with the hordes of 15 year olds that have spend the last 7 years being taught every day why to hate us and how to kill us.
We can't win in the middle east. You can't reason with people who feel that God loves them and wants them to kill you. You can't spread democracy through the barrel of a gun. We had no chance of winning this and never should have gone. When I hear people say, "We chose to fight them in Iraq instead of on the streets of Baltimore," I laugh. We have had terrorists attacks against this country before and it will happen again. I think they will come at us harder now than in the past because they have a shining example for their hatred.