How can you Republicans be so arrogant to the fact that the war in Iraq is about nothing more than oil???

Question

I am right.Ask the rest of the world.Don't watch and,or listen to the spoon fed media within the U.S.A...Have a good day and next time think before you act when it comes to voting for our countrys well being...Tom Science 4

Answer 1

In no particular order, the following are at least the minimum number of factors that were considered before going to war:

Security of the Mid East
Possible existence of WMD's
Possible ties to terrorists
Violation of UN resolutions
Future stability of world's oil supply

Looking back, it's easy to discount the now known changes to this list and hone in on the one thing that attempts to make the US (Bush) look as unpopular as possible.

For me, I thought that we should have enforced the UN resolutions after the first or second time Saddam violated them. What did the UN do? Asked him time and time again to please allow the inspections to go through. Never taking action against him. Could that be that a lot of them were pretty satisfied with Saddam as long as the oil-for-food scandal was going on?
The fact that everyone believed that WMD's existed added more reason at the time. Just because we didn't find them after the war started doesn't mean they weren't there up until the time it did start. Talk to a soldier that went there during the initial days and ask him if he was concerned about WMD's or did he just like carrying and wearing the extra gear cause it made him/her look cool.

But, hey, don't worry about all these other details. Just reduce it down to one thing. It will help keep you from losing your hair and getting headaches.

Answer 2

Did you know that 47 countries have re-established their embassies in Iraq? Did you know that the Iraqi government employs 1.2 million Iraqi People? Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been built in Iraq? Did you know that Iraq's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers? Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2004 for the re-established Fulbright program? Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5- 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a navel infantry regiment. Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operation squadrons, 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft which orate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 bell jet rangers? Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion? Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers? and... Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks? Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq? They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities. Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations? Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October? Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%? Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consist of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapersnd 10 television stations? Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004? Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a recent televised debate recently? OF COURSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW! WHY DIDN'T YOU KNOW? BECAUSE YOUR LIB MEDIA WOULDN'T TELL YOU! Because a Bush-hating media and Democratic Party would rather see the world blow up than lose their power

Answer 3

So what if it is, this country needs oil to keep our economy going. Oil is a vital resource for this country's progress. Also the libs don't want us drilling for oil in our own country so we have to get a big supply from somewhere and Iraq is the perfect place.

Answer 4

Dude, the only Rep-Media out there is Fox. Everything else is Liberal-"Diversity"-"Fairness" garbage.

BUT anyways, Okay, so what if it is. Since a certain group of idiots won't let us drill for our OWN oil, we have to get it from somewhere. Do you have any idea how many MILLIONS of jobs depend on oil? Well-being my foot.

Answer 5

That's why the Un kept giving Saddam deadlines for the inspectors to go inspect their oil. It was not for oil it was because of WMD, or do you think the American media made that up too.

Answer 6

then why wont the libs let us drill more in the USA so we wouldn't need as much oil from the middle east

Answer 7

No, you're clearly not right.

If it was about oil, we would have worked directly with Saddam like the Russians and French wear.

But we will be thinking of the best interest of the country.. however this will continue to require us to vote against candidates you support.

Answer 8

i happen to be a democrat. the no.1 thing that war is about is terrorism. think about . 9-11 is what caused it all.

Answer 9

what oil? i just paid over $2.60 a gallon. if this war is about oil i would think we would be swimming it.

Answer 10

well, its also for the weapons industry and the companies (like halliburton) that get paid a lot to "rebuild" iraq