Ever wonder y USA is so quickly to "help" the Iraqi people but they have been figting in Kashmir for 54 years

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and USA has done nothing to help those people..We are In Iraq to supposedly "help" or "free" the Iraqi people since USA "cares" so much about democracy and about people then why o why have not the world's mommy and daddy (USA) done anthing to get Kashmiri people free from both pakistan and india's war?? Kashmiri people want to be independent they dont want to be with either pakistan or india and rite now thousands of them are dying cuz both pak and india are fighthing over them like they are a piece of meet.....Y the difference between "helping" Iraq and Kashmir..could it be cuz Kashmir has no OIL???? wat do people who believe that war in iraq is about about terrirsim and not oil say to dat??

so its not about helpin but for greed and oil......see but then y Is president Bush insulting him self and us by sayin that war in Iraq is about "helping" Iraqi people....and it didnot matter that bush is helping (muslims) in iraq but they would not help (muslims) in Kashmir....i have been to Kashmir..its wonderfull but its all getting destroyed because of the war....most people there want to be independent and i dont think USA would have to wedge war with both India and pak since both countries do wat ever the he** USA tells em to do..i think Bush should stop the propaganda of helpin people and admit that Bush administration is selfish and is doin every thing for OIL and not for the people..i think its only fair that US soilders kno y they are losin there lifes in Iraq and will in Iran and possibly in N.Korea...FOr OIL!!!

then we should stop pretending to be such nice people doin stuff to promote democracy in the world we should go to the UN and tell the whole world wat they already kno that we are doin it for own self interest.....and yea i do live here but its kinda hard to be proud of the US Army when 2 of ma best friends died because they went in the Army rite after high school and they didnot get to go to collage with me or anything like we planned after they got back.....

Answer 1

one word....... THE OIL.

Answer 2

Julia, that is an excellent point. We need to withdraw from Iraq right now and declare war on Saudi Arabia! I mean, Iraq obviously didn't kill those 3000 people, but I know a few Saudis that did. While we are at it, let's go after Egypt, since there were some Egyptians in on 9/11.

Well Kashmir is in bad shape and so is Chechnya, just to use another example. Chechnya is constantly considered the aggressor against Russia when Russia seems to be the only one bombing from airplanes.

So why don't we go kick the Russians out of Chechnya? Well the Russians have an army. That's a problem. It is SO much easier to fight with palm pilots, UAVs, and other high-tech toys against goat herders and militants in a country using forty year old AKs and ancient equipment.

Why fight them, you ask? Not the oil, heck no, we could have taken their reserves and we would be sitting pretty. Instead, CONTROL over oil is more important. A US military base in Iraq means we can make sure fuel prices don't move around more than what's comfortable for our oil companies.

Why do you think Britain backed us? British Petroleum would love to get back at the Iraqis for trying to take away control of "their" oil.

EDIT: Trinity brings a very coherent and reasonable question to the table.

My only answer is more or less what I said before. Big oil doesn't mind high oil prices. Neither do any of the other huge industries in the US (except retail and other consumer outlets). Now if we have control over oil prices, that means that nobody can undercut us and we can make sure oil stays stable.

Now the reason for this is that we export oil. You really don't hear about it in the media (why would NBC want to piss off their owner, the defense contractor General Electric?), but we export lots of oil to China and also to Europe. If somebody (Venezuela or some Middle Eastern Republic) decided to kick up their oil exports, that hurts our economy.

Having the biggest bucket to hold under the faucet does not generate the most wealth. Having a hand on the spicket does.

Answer 3

Iraq posed a potential threat to the United States (or so everyone thought). Kashmir does not.

Even if the intervention in Iraq were purely for oil, so what? Is it so inconceivable that countries act on the international stage for their own self interest?

Intervention in Kashmir is completely against the U.S.'s interests: it would invariably piss both India and Pakistan off, and we need India's help to counter-balance China, and Pakistan's help in fighting terrorists within Pakistan's territory - the U.S. can't afford to have Pakistan become the next failed state just like Afghanistan. Better to just let India and Pakistan square off over the territory.

Answer 4

So you're saying that since USA "cares" about Iraq, that we have to "care" about every single conflict in the entire world.

Um... ok.

Maybe because "caring" for Kashmir, we would be fighting two countries, both India AND Pakistan. Why would we fight two NUCLEAR powers to help some terrorist people fighting for an Islamic state?

There's not a chance baby.

Answer 5

A) Iraq posed a significant threat to this country, Kashmir does not.
B) In Iraq we were liberating a people from a ruthless dictator, Kashmir is a territory dispute.

How exactly is the war in Iraq about oil? Has it increased our supply? Lowered our prices? Is it even being exported to the US?

Answer 6

did kashmire come over here and kill over 3000 people 9/11/2001? And were you there and saw it live as it happened???planes smashing into the buildings one by one exploding people trapped and jumping out of the towers because they didn't want to burn to death? And what about their children? Most of lost both Mother and Father. It has nothing to do with oil, and if you don't have pride in our Armed Forces and USA and you are living here (don't know if you do) move to Canada.

Answer 7

no oil in Kashmir. neither is the terrain suitable for any factories so the business community in the US(read donors to poll campaigns) do not gain anything. So, why should they interfere?

Answer 8

I m not sure how much you know about kashmir....i believe u dont even find that on the map........i believe you need to first learn history and then comment on kashmir.....
Kashmir is india'a part and will be india's part....may whatever happens....
lax

Answer 9

We just want the oil is all. Too bad NK don't have oil. Would be nice to get them guys off our backs.

Answer 10

This is kind of like one of those rediculous questions that 6 year olds ask.

"Why is it that God let's kittens get run over by cars in the road?"

"If God is everywhere then he must see everything, does he watch when bad things happen to people?"

....and on and on and on....

Grow up

Answer 11

It's a cover-up to get their oil.