Quote:
Originally Posted by crucifissio
hilarious....
so instead the USA with a 50 year history of starting wars controls all the oil in the middle east and has cheaper gas than the rest of the world?  |
Can you list all of the wars the US started in the past fifty years? Not wars we fought in, but wars we started.
Yes, we do have some of the cheapest oil in the world. The reason for this is WWII. From the US perspective, WWII was about oil. Japan attacked the US because as it was expanding in the South Pacific, the US was cutting off it's oil supply there. Furthermore, during WWII, both Japan and Nazi Germany had huge issues with oil supply. Since then our oil has been the cornerstone of American police - not for the general public, but instead so that the US military could continue on if required. No oil means no military.
Quote:
Originally Posted by crucifissio
hilarious....
yes yes the billions you spend on killing other people abroad would not be better spent in your own country...
|
We are killing people abroad? Where? We've pulled out of Iraq, and I honestly don't give a fuck about Afghanistan after 9/11. The drone strikes in Pakistan are directed against terrorists - I don't care about those either. We can't legally arrest them so something has to be done.