As president shouldnt I send our armed forces to Sudan to save lives and protect oil supplies?

Answer 1

As president of what? The US and it's very few allies are busy in Iraq and Afghanistan doing the responsible work of world security. Other nations that bask in the security these countries provide need to step up and stop the slaughter in Darfur. ..and screw the oil, it isn't about oil.

Answer 2

No president ever sent our armed forces to save any foreign lives. And the goal isn't protecting oil supplies, but rather stealing them.

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Here's a portion of Major General Smedley Butler's 1933 speech on "War is a Racket"


War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the many.

I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.

I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.

There isn't a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its "finger men" to point out enemies, its "muscle men" to destroy enemies, its "brain men" to plan war preparations, and a "Big Boss" Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism.

It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.

I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.

I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.

During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.

Answer 3

Those oil supplies go to Russia, Iran and China, so good luck with World War III!

Answer 4

The world doesn't give a damn. Simple as that. There is no money to be made saving their lives, ergo their lives are worthless.

The holocaust was ignored, IGNORED until after the second world war. It was not important that Hitler was slaughtering Jews but that he was slaughtering investors, and making the US' interests in Europe unstable.

Answer 5

I think Bush will never stop lying . He is an oil thirsty creature His stupidity pushes him to commit more and more crimes. Where there is oil , he can never hide his eagerness for shedding blood for oil. When will this savage idiot leave the white house and the whole earth as well ?

Answer 6

NO!

It's taken you years and more than 100,000 troops in Iraq to officially demonstrate the full ability of the US to fail in every aptitude within a country. Finally the US understands that toppling a few buildings isn't enough to destroy a peoples' spirit or way of life.

Answer 7

Hey Bush. Listen, I may not be an American but I sure know one when I see one. I think you are the worst president of all! And listen, up here in Canada, we DON'T have snow all year 'round. So you can go tell your stupid Cabinet members that!


And by the way, your username isn't capitalized. Mine is.

Answer 8

people criticize bush for fighting in iraq because it is a civil war. what the heck do you think is causing the genocide in darfur? A CIVIL WAR. liberal ignorance is overwhelming sometimes --- if someone knows tim robbins, george clooney, or susan sarrandon, can they please send this to them and ask them to use their brains more than their mouths
thanks, and i hope i don't sound too harsh

Answer 9

Mr. Bush, save the American people the trouble, and the world for matter, and shoot yourself in your twisted head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

No Way! You must remember what your dad did in Somalia, and learn from his lessons. Africn countries do not welcome foreing intervention from nation states from the west!