Oil War???
Does anyone remember all the original Bush "Oil War" critics? I remember seeing so many signs at Chicago protests a few years back, and the "talking heads" on TV (such as Eleanor Clifft) declaring the "Bush Oil War" was all about "cheap oil"...and they didn't mean oil was too cheap...and the "Bushies" were trying to drive it up!
How silly do those people look now? Now of course those same people are holding signs saying Bush's "Oil War" is all about driving up the price so his oil buddies can make record profits!
Why is it so hard to get some people to believe that in the long run our only real national interest and motive and terms of the Middle East, is some degree of lasting peace and security? It is certainly in our national interests (and economic one as well)...is that a sinister motive??? I certainly don't deny our greatest interest in the region is oil/energy...but I don't see why that is wrong.
Does anyone have pics of some of those protest signs for me???
DB
posted by ChicagoDB @ 11:37 AM
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Have there been any WMDs found in Iraq yet?
Yes there have...for those of you who missed it...there were WMD's discovered in Iraq in various quantities.
Most where shrugged off in the media...and the Administration was not terribly interested in hyping the fact (they should have).
Of all the critical banter about WMD's not being found in Iraq...this arguement was always a false one from those opposed to involvement in Iraq.
The proof actually came prior to and during the initial invasion of Iraq...when mobile launchers of SCUD's and other prohibited Missile systems were used by the Iraqis against Israel (did we forget the SCUD Studs?), and also forces staging in Kuwait...anyone remember the launches against Kuwait?
For those of you who don't consider the banned missile sytems WMD's...they were specifically enumerated during the pre-invasion
political actions...and if you still don't consider them "WMD's",
I suggest you trying living with them hitting your block!
As for the more sexy WMD's...chemical, biological weapons, etc...numbers of those were found also, with the majority of them being fairly-highly degraded...and believed to be dated from prior to the first Gulf War. But these were a violation also...and if you want to shrug off the significance of so-called "degraded" weapons...once again...maybe you should try living with them hitting your block...or even just having them stored in your basement! ;-)
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