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Originally posted by FlyingIguana
but at least let inspectors in. let the UN help in rebuilding iraq. allow the UN to manage the oil and don't piss off OPEC by pumping out cheap oil for americans. right now america looks like they are trying to run the show and make iraq the 51st state. people also think the only reason america bothers with iraq is because of its oil.
bush has come out and said they don't want anyone who hasn't supported the war to help. he is making things far worse than it should be. he's not gonna make people happy in the middle east, but things can get much worse if they keep going down the road that they're on.
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I don't think we know yet what the post-war Iraq will be like. We don't know when and if the inspectors will be let back in. We don't know who will manage Iraq's oil and for how long. I'll bet you a fifty-first star representing Iraq is not added to the US flag though.
People think the US is only concerned with Iraq's
oil and yet the only thing in common with the three "Axis of Evil" countries is that they are believed to be developing or have already developed weapons that are in violation of agreements they have signed.
The sword cuts boths ways. One could argue that the US would be better of letting the UN be more involved. One could also argue that France and Russia could have voted in favor of and supported a resolution guaranteeing a more international role.
There has been a hurtful division between some of the Security Council members. What will EACH of them do to repair them? US and UK (and Australia) soldiers are on the ground. The US and UK are spending $100 billion in Iraq. Everyone's asking for something. No one's offering anything. I think it would be fair if the UN countries antied up $100 billion war tab and then asked to be involved in rebuilding of post-war Iraq. What are Russia and France GIVING?