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Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder
Even though I'm a liberal I have to disagree about why the Iraq war was started. I think it was genuinely about spreading democracy. It would be very beneficial for the United States to have the Middle East move into the first world. If a successful Democracy ever managed to function in Iraq, it would be a huge boost to spreading Democracy throughout the Middle East.
All this talk about securing oil and getting contracts for Halliburton as the main goal of the war seem a little far-fetched. I think Bush and his neo-conservative clan genuinely thought that this would spread democracy. That said, I also believe it was a generally horrible idea with little regard for what would happen once Hussein was disposed.
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The one and only level headed comment in this thread.
Did anyone see Greenspan's comments about the reporting on his book? He said thatthe war SHOULD have been about oil.
Anyways, had the USA, Bush, Cheney and Halburton really wanted all that Iraqi oil they didn't need a war to get it. They just had to ask the French how they were getting it and do the same.
I heard that the UN had a good scam going too!