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Originally posted by wonton
Did you see the broadcast? It was NOT A CONTINGENCY PLAN!!
It was an all-out plan for US hegemony in the middle east including the pilfering of oil supplies. And yes we can all debate whether that is a good thing or not but it proves that the current adminstration is lying when they say it is about WMD and "liberating the Iraqi people".
Bush and his pals are going to invade one country after another in the middle east and may also go after North Korea. No matter how powerful our military is, when you go against the grain of the rest of the world, the rest of the world has a way of banding together and surprising you. All empires have learned that lesson the hard way. The last major time that lesson has been learned is was by Hitler and the German people.
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Yes I saw the broadcast, but I repeat it is old news. It is simple forward thinking contigency planning, which goes on everyday of the week. Making new plans and revising old plans is nothing new.
See number 6 & 7 as well as 8. Sound forward thinking planning and is as it should be.
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Originally posted by theking
Reasons for war.
#1. Iraq was defeated on the field of battle and signed certain terms. Iraq has been in violation of those terms since they signed the terms in '91. The USA has demanded that those terms be complied with and that Iraq remain a defeated country.
#2. Iraq attempted to assasinate a former American President.
#3. Iraq has fired upon, almost daily, for almost 11 years, USA military forces.
#4. Iraq is believed to have, or are acquiring, or are attempting to acquire WMD's. The USA will not allow that.
#5. Iraq has, on multiple occassions called for Americans, to be killed where ever they are found. Thus they are a sworn enemy of the USA.
#6. Iraq is a strategic piece of real estate for future military operations against our enemies in the region, which number in the 100's of millions.
#7. Iraq is a strategic piece of real estate for its oil fields and for the surrounding oil fields, for as the worlds oil supplies dwindle the USA will be in a position to control the dwindling oil supplies for its use and the use of its European allies.
#8. A take over of Iraq sends a very powerful signal to the other countries in that area of the world that if they don't get their act together they will be next.
Any one of the reasons above is a reason for war.
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