Thoughts on President Bush and Iraq

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Originally Posted by Admirable

Just a quick question guys, how many of you actually believe (excluding A2 Sauce) that we went into Iraq to help the Iraqis escape Saddam's dictatorship? If there are more than 50% of you that believe that, then you are extremely blind and unpenetrating. The only, and I mean ONLY reason we went into Iraq was to neutralize the threat of Saddam ruining our oil rigs. And before many of you object, let me say this, if America, land of the free, was so BIG on helping other countries with their lil' problems, why the flip aren't we down in Africa hmmmm? I dont see a lot of wealthy countries down there, because they're all and I mean ALL basically in a povertial stance. But that's another topic entirely. (Please pm me if you wish to continue this conversation).

the reason we are not in africa is
a) because people like you would accuse us of the same thing but only diamonds or something like that
b) it would start a war which is one of the things the public loves to bitch about the most.
c) you have to think about how that would look politically to other nations "oh look america is picking on a 3rd world country for their resources" (even if we werent)
d) we are giving support to alot of countries right now and we can only do so much at a time. especially when we're in the middle of a war.



and about the new orleans thing, you cannot say the government didnt try. maybe they could have possibly done more, but you cant say they didnt try. and some people could have gotten out but decided to stay at home instead. but of course there is the part of the population who couldnt make it out anyways.
and like i said before its just preposterous to say that bush didnt send people to blacks because he was racist.