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Originally posted by extreme
Now US have men In the country able to controll the oil to a greater degree. And a USfriendly administration in place once/if they leave. With saddam in power saddam controlled it.
I dont think bush thought he "risked" his election by invading iraq, rather the oposite. He felt he had to do something after 9/11 even though it was kind of misdirected. It's his thing, the fear of terrorists is what got him re-elected and obviously many americans thinks fighting in iraq = killing terrorists out to harm america.
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That is such BS... I don't agree with the war and thought it was about oil originally too... but Iraq really doesn't have all that much oil (compared to other countries) and it would be soooo much easier and cheaper to just buy the oil. Even if an American company came in there and started drilling the oil, how would the US get it? They would buy it...
I really think fear helped Bush get re-elected, that and I feel a lot of Americans just wanted to "spite" the rest of the world, and terrorists... Like, we know you don't like him, so we will vote for him. That may sound stupid but its how a lot of people are.