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Originally Posted by powerclown
Those are fantastical statements... Correct me if [I'm] wrong, but are you saying that the Americans are going to steal the Iraqi's oil and use the revenues for their own purposes?
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Steal...no, but we'll strong arm them into giving us really, really stupidly low prices. We'll insist it's a price for helping them defend their oil.
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What would [those] purposes be?
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I don't know if anyone has told you this, but the President and Vice President are in the oil and war businesses.
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Wouldn't this perpetuate a failed state in Iraq?
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I think it's clear that they want a failed state in Iraq.
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Would the world stand by and allow the Americans to pillage Iraq like that?
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Why would they stand by and allow us to illegally invade a sovereign nation without provocation? It's not about 'allow'. They clearly have no power over us.
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As far as military control, what about Bush's assertion that the Americans will step down as the Iraqis are able to stand up for themselves? Is this code for: We don't believe the Iraqis will ever be able to stand up on their own, and we will rule them all from within their own country?
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Well...permanent military bases, a GIGANTIC embassy, what looks like no clear troop withdrawal (in fact, we're sending MORE troops)...it's a pretty clear picture.