In search of an excuse

This was never a threat. During the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s, OPEC itself admitted the embargo was a complete failure. Oil still made it from the middle east, to all over the world. The problem is, once the ship full of oil leaves the dock... you can't control where it goes. You can only make sure the original sale isn't to a particular country, but once the oil is theirs, they can sell it to whomever they want. So they sell a ship of oil to Russia, who sells it to the US. The oil goes to the US. They have no ability to control where it goes, once the oil leaves the port. Same was true of Iraq. We were never at any loss of oil. There was no threat to our oil supply, and never was. The whole "we attack for oil" is just garbage. We never confiscated a single oil field. Never stole a single shipment of oil. Never refused to pay for a single barrel of oil. It's just garbage. We went to Iraq, because Saddam was a threat. The end. Stop with the mindless conspiracy theories.

Saddam was never a threat. The WMDs were later to be revealed to be a total fabrication. The Iraq war second time around was not sanctioned by the UN security council, ergo it was an illegal war

Yes...oil was never the cause. If that were the issue, they would have captured areas of Iraq following the Kuwait war. They would then have more oil reserves in their hand which they could have held on to in form of some collateral. The story is different here. @robspeakman..I agree..actually here, it is the politicians who were desperate to project themselves as saviors and whatever in the eyes of people following their waning popularity. Afghanistan did not leave them with much goodwill. Its a strange thing, when a country is at war, the entire nation gets together irrespective of which party they belong to.

Yes I'm with you. " Oil your own machine ".

America invaded Afghanistan and now spending money to rebuild the country. What a controversy !

and to the point we have given to India India 94 Million in the year 2006 and yet America in in bad debt

Hi Hatley, I'm not against American people. They are very friendly. My some relatives living in America. They are in good position. I'm against the foreign policy of American government. Why America pocking nose to other's affairs ! Yes America gives loan to many countries. Is it without any benefit? America is now sole super power of the world. America dictates and if disobeyed punishes the unruly disobedient. @ cynthiann : like you so many people are grateful to America. America is a country of immigrants. Many people changed their fate after going there. The so called Red Indians are the original people of present America. They are now microscopic minorities of Both North and South America continent. Evey one knows the history of their elimination from their own land.

I agree with you Hatley.I am tired of all this USA bashing. I am proud that the USA allowed my daughter to enter, work legally and earn enough to pay for her education in the USA. She got her Master's there and I am so grateful to the USA that she could do this.

you know thats not what i meant Rob/ i meant why are some taking advantage of things we offer like mylot to bash us. you know thats what i meant and i recent you SHOUTING AT ME!!

This is why I like you so much! You and I think alike. God bless America

Are we now saying that all non Americans should agree with the Americans because it is their site? I DON'T THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN

yes we should its about time these other countries that dont appreciate us do their own dang fighting and financing also!

Yes vandana I agree with you. Saddam was a hero to his people. Saddam made Iraq a modern state. The then American President could not tolerate this. America always wants obedience of weak countries. Saddam served for his countries interest and sometimes it was against US.