Oil runs the world. It is a fact, and yes, in light of the fact that oil runs the world, it is very much important. But the Kuwaiti intervention and the subsequent war in the gulf wasn't just about oil, it was about right vs wrong and people's lives, and oppression too. What would your Chompsky and people like him have the world do? Just say "screw it" and let people like Saddam Insane take over and opress other populations at will? So, the next time a country's population is attacked, oppressed, raped, killed etc, we should turn a blind eye?
This is why I don't listen to Chompsky.
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