Enzo wrote:I fear a day when we aim this giant military of ours at some oil resources not within our borders to "protect" it.
Enzo wrote:And we then bump head-on into the CHinese.
Enzo wrote: General Motors sells more cars in China than they do here.
Enzo wrote:but if say Brazil all of a sudden wanted it all
Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:I still don't know why the US leadership was so eager to invade Iraq.
Halcyon Dayz, FCD wrote:The original rational for US involvement in the Middle East was to ensure it kept flowing freely, i.e. to keep the Soviets from taking control if it.
Hardly an imaginary threat at the time.
Enzo wrote:Everyone can buy oil now, I guess I was thinking a few decades down the road, when India and China are more fully westernized and competing for that oil a lot harder than now, the Cheneys and RUmsfelds of the world, at least our USA ones, might not be fully willing to keep their mitts off that free commerce.
You don't have to own it as long as if flows freely, fine, but when the demand for it blossoms further, will it be as easy to get it to flow your way?
Enzo wrote:Why did we attack Iraq? I am fully convinced it was W.Bush trying to save his daddy's name. I think he came into office with plans to take out Saddam from day one. HAd it not been for the first Gulf war, Iraq would never have occurred to W. As you say, 9/11 was just a convenient hook to hang it on.
Mactep wrote:... if the goal was to save daddy's name, then I think daddy probably liked his name a lot better before it got saved.
KLA2 wrote:'Kay. Don't need to go postal on me, two eyes. :P
Enzo wrote:I humbly apologize. Somewhere I have a page of side by side photos of a chimp and W, in each case sporting the same expression. I always wondered if W did the pant-hoot.
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