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Look at where Iraq is situated in the Middle East and what its sitting on top of.
The CIA has a full intel center there now. We have a full militer center there now. All the arab states are sweating right now.
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Oil??
If the Admin in the US actually thinks it will end up removing the oil from Iraq - I'd seriously doubt that. Who knows, but I'd suspect, roughly in order - the UN will end up there and a "legitimate" government will be elected and they will decide what to do with that country's assets. (not saying it won't be hell tho in the meantime!!)
Some senator was giving his thoughts on prorities the other day.. first was establishing peace - the second was a US embassy there!! :-) Hell.. what a dreamworld some live in!! There is no chance of any US embassy in Iraq for decades - the Iraqi people would blow the place to hell. Not an "unexpected" reaction when families have been obliterated as a result of the "war" - what you you do if some assholes killed your family off? There is too much damage done on this "occupation" - it will take many years to cool. They just don't want to know about the US at this time tho, hell knows what they do want to know about. Self rule maybe is a start.
The arab states may be "sweating" - but I doubt over the US. They don't want the US there either, but can see an uprising of elements within their countries who are not wanted (et al bin Laden) and who could cause a total all-out war if they did not "manage" the situation.
That area will, in the end, develop WMD, irrespective of the wishes of others. Not a good thing - but that's life and some ask, why are some countries allowed to have WMD and others not? Who decides this? Those who have?
On the oil side - Iraq will become a fully functional member of OPEC (kinda partly that way at the moment, but has a "leary eye" from members since the goverment is not legitimate). OPEC members will jointly decide on the oil distribution, depending on market forces and who is of benefit to their countries.
This ain't a battle of "middle east" and the "west" - more arab nations have no interest in any "wars" - they just want to stay the way they are thanks. They have no desire to dump their cultures for anyone (whether this is good or bad in the west does not matter to em). I doubt they would be dictated to by anyone - who would? Any "intrusion" will just result in total havoc and a price to pay that exceeds anything we have seen - yet.
The removal of Saddam was clearly a good thing and a plus, but the resultant damage to Iraqi has far superceded this and is a massive minus - both for the Iraqi's and the US and it's "coalition of the willing". There will sadly be a corresponding price to pay for this - we ain't seen nothing yet - it's a pity how life flows on like this and we come up with cliches of "terrorist acts", "rebels" and "insurgents" -- nohahahaha is going to change the mindset of others by blowing up their families - even in error. We now have plenty of these people wandering around waiting for their chance - they don't need Al-Queda to help em. I sure wouldn't if shit happened to me or my family.
Peace out!