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Originally Posted by Stamen
But nothing will change the fact that this war was pointless and just a drain on an already empty US treasury.
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well true, it is a drain now. but there is a natural resource there, and if and when (mostly american) companies can get the oil flowing the world (and iraqi citizens) will benefit from an increased standard of living. this might take 10-15 years, true.
about 60 years ago a little country about the size of california decided it was going to take on the world.
and some young kids (mostly farm boys like my father) left home and stopped them from doing that.
and after the dust settled it was mostly US business that helped the japs get back on their feet.
and today americans drive the lexus, and little japanese girls dye their hair blonde and want to look caucasian.
everyone likes to talk about USA imperialism and the "ugly american".
but when the shit happens in the world it is MOSTLY the usa taxpayer that puts things back together.
recently we had the world's biggest natural disaster in modern history...and the largest % of help does not come from the whiners and cry babies...check the airplanes flying aid into the people who need it.
and these people living in bamboo shacks can't do jack shit for americans, but
the boxes still say "gift from the people of the United States of America".
and that is the simple fucking truth, and that has always been the simple fucking truth.