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Originally posted by kane
hum. . . in no specific order
1. oil
2. revenge
3. idealistic reform AKA more influnce for us in the area
4. to project a show of strength the to the world and remind people that were are THE superpower and not to be messed with.
I do belive that Bush actually thought that there were terrorist in Iraq and I think he belived (s) that he can send in our troops and instill a democracy in there. The Egyptian president told Bush not to attack because he didn't realize what he was getting us into. He said the people of IRaq would not stand for being occupied. Bush had a brilliant military plan that worked great. He just had a very poor plan for what to do afterward and now is paying the price.
People can skoff at the UN all day and say what they will but why is it, if they are so useless, that Bush was just up there last week asking for help. Isn't that a lot like burning down your own house and then asking all your neighbors to pitch in and help pay for you to rebuild it? We can't just ignore them until we want money. Either we are in or out but we can't have it both ways.
One thing I can't understand. If Bush is really serious about making America safe how is it that still over 14,000 illegal immigrents sneak into this country every day and how is it that a TV show can go to Malaysia ( a known terrorist hotbed ) and put nuclear material on a ship, have is shipped to Los Angeles and then drive it half way across the country without getting so much as questioned?
It seems to me that the 300+ billion we have spent on Iraq could have gone a long way to securing the homeland first.
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We havent' spent 300+ billion on Iraq and I'd like a source on that story about sending nuclear material around the world and driving it across the US. Sounds interesting.