[quote=briansd1][quote=felix]
Again we didn’t choose this war. Saddam did.[/quote]
I don’t agree with you.
But what does it matter who started what?
I thought America was all about taking the moral high-ground?
We just need to do the right thing for our country. The money spent on the military industrial complex would have been better spent elsewhere.[/quote]
Brian: Do you argue just to argue? Like stirring the pot? On the one hand, you argue that it is about “ideas” and “ideals”, especially Democrat/Democratic ideas and ideals.
On the other hand, you argue that it isn’t about ideas and ideals at all, its about pragmatism.
So which is it? You can’t have it both ways (although you try).
As far as the US goes, its always been about resource acquisition and retention. From Lewis & Clark to the Louisiana Purchase to Manifest Destiny to Gunboat Diplomacy to “Remember the Maine!” through WWI and WWII and the containment policy and Vietnam through the present day, the policy has remained unchanged.
As far as the “Military-Industrial Complex” goes, where do you think those bitchin’ weapons systems we use to keep the oil flowing come from?
And, if you want to have some real fun, watch what happens to our Chinese buddies in Africa (Nigeria especially) when they start trying to control the supply of oil and ship it home from the Dark Continent. Its not covered in the news, but Chinese “security forces” are already shipping something back to the Middle Kingdom and it ain’t oil. Its bodies. Yup, insurgents in Nigeria have already targeted Chinese facilities and personnel and China is finding out firsthand just how ugly shit can get when it comes to satisfying that oil jones.
