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Old 04-12-2007, 02:35 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tadpole256 View Post
I agree with you. I just don't see why we should care. Why should we die for a country that serves us little interest but oil? The Iraqis don't want us there. It is their country, we should leave.
Well, you are entitled to your opinion...and I disagree with it.

Surely, the Iraqis have their "own" country...but that conclusion would be highly suspect if Iraq becomes "West Iran" or "East Lebanon." And it will be a shame if the US effectively hands over the keys to Iraq, so to speak, to a non-Iraqi theocracy. And I doubt that the average Iraqi wants Iran there either, running the show...although they may be unable to prevent that from happening themselves.

And oil, in many aspects, effectively runs the World's economy...which, of course, is a great reason why the US needs to move away from oil, as a whole, in order to avoid unfriendly regimes in the Middle East.