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Originally posted by Yahook
Not only on the hands of Sadam but on the hands of Bush who started this war for oil. Not Iraqi military forced kill innocent civilians but American bombs kill them. Bush just find a pretense to start this blood war for OIL. Who give him the right to start this war? This is not his country and this is not his problem.
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I can't believe how many people keep repeating this tired old bullshit without checking any facts. Here's a fact for you: the United States gets most of its crude oil from <B>Canada</B> Yes, Canada. Here's another fact: Iraq's oil makes up only about 3% of our imports. Hold on while I try to find specifics...
OK, here:
Canada: 18.9% (2.082 million barrels/day)
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Iraq: 3.3% (366,000 barrels/day)
(Figures as of December 2002)
There is no evidence to support your ludicrous claim. Even if we wanted his oil, we can't have it. We don't have the shipping infrastructure, the refining infrastructure or the raw manpower that would be necessary to cart away all of Saddam's oil. Even if we were to take over Iraq and make it the 51st state, which isn't going to happen, your assertion still wouldn't make anys ense. Saddam has been fucking us and the UN around for over a decade. Oil prices were just as bad or worse during the first Gulf War and we didn't stay to take his oil then. We're not in this for the oil this time, either.
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Originally posted by Yahook
Now many people in different countries show their protest against this blood war for oil.
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And many more show their support. You hear a lot of negative crap because it makes for better sound bites. Do some research, the United States has a lot of support on this. Not 100%, obviously, but not the 0% some would like you to believe.
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Originally posted by Yahook
I understand that opinion of many American people about this war depends much of American TV news channels. But from my side I see that American news channels filter the information - they only show those facts that are benefitial for the Coalition (because it is very important for the Coalition to justify their wrong actions and their crime against the people of Iraq).
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This is pretty funny. I have noticed that a <B>lot</B> of the anti-American sentiment is coming from Russia and former Soviet Bloc countries. One thing these guys keep saying is how the <I>American</I> media is lying / filtering / misrepresenting. This is really a riot coming from people who got all their news from Pravda until a decade ago.
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Originally posted by Yahook
Sorry for my bad english - it's not my native language.
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Your English is not bad, but I think your grasp of the situation is pretty weak.
SpaceAce