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Old 08-12-2012, 08:17 AM   #1
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My point is this.. The number one reason we invaded Iraq was about oil. All the other reasons were simply exaggerated truths and half lies to justify doing it.
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Old 08-12-2012, 10:17 AM   #2
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My point is this.. The number one reason we invaded Iraq was about oil. All the other reasons were simply exaggerated truths and half lies to justify doing it.
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I don't know how you arrive at the order of importance to support your "point" (opinion?) that the "number one reason" for the invasion was "about oil." Even if that were true, it's a far more vague and encompassing statement than that it was about profitting oil buddies. Even Spence thinks it was more about strategic influence than simple cronyism. Besides, oil is Iraq's economic connection to the world and its economic life's blood. Letting a dictator usurp that blood for his own purpose instead of benefitting both the world at large and specifically the well being of Iraq and its people makes oil a more complex commodity than profit for oil buddies.
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Even Spence thinks it was more about strategic influence than simple cronyism.
If anything should shut the door on this thread I'd think it would be this

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