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My opinions and views seem to change a bit with each piece of "evidence" I see. And that does NOT consist of posts at "Guardian Unlimited" or by members of this board. There truely is a lack of knowledge by people on this board. You might want to educate yourselves on exactly what is at hand here, and what has happened in the past. You're blindly accepting "conSpiracist" theories that the US Government are the bad guys, and are "on the prowl to go get us some oil!!".
You can think what you want, but you're mixing two completely separate issues. The UN has pretty much come to an agreement that this is not about OIL or any of that (again, think what you want...the UN are a very intelligent group of people, it's not one huge conspiracy compromised of 180+ nations), it's about slowly removing the threat of terrorism.
Aside from regular retaliation bombings of Iraqi missile sites, the UN was not at all active in military action towards any of these countries. If you think that OIL is the main cause if this dispute, then why weren't we taking military action in 1994, 95, 96, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00? Because that IS NOT the issue. The issue is terrorism. The terrorist activities throughout the middle east, as well as the attacks on the US in September are simply the "last straw" for lack of better terminology. Steps are being taken to stop terrorism, and making sure WMD do not get in the hands of these people is one of these steps.
It is now proven, and factual that some of the higher ranking Al-Qaeda officers found refuge in Iraq (ohhh wait, nevermind, I guess the US Government fabricated those tapes, nevermind, my bad). Iraq is obviously in support of the Al-Qaeda network and WILL NOT hesitate to provide them with the necessary resources to carry out terrorist activites. Believe what you want, but the track record proves it all: Iraq will build lie upon lie to by themselves time and hopefully get out of the predicament they're currently in.
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