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It is ALWAYS about resources and the power we attain via control/ownership of those resources.[/quote]
You’re giving the war deciders too much credit for rational decision making.
Humans do all kinds of things for pride, braggadocio, revenge, hubris…
Vietnam. Texas cowboy pride on the part of Johnson.
Afghanistan. Revenge. Bush said “you fuck with use, I’ll blow your brains out.”
Iraq. Hubris. We are the biggest, baddest.
Texas cowboy pride on the part of Bush who listened to Cheney (who thought we could get the oil).
It’s not good to be led by trigger happy, gun toting, low education boys. As pawns, even knights, we stand a better chance with rational, intellectual leaders.[/quote]
Vietnam: Sea lanes and ports, agricultural resources, a foothold in Asia, an attempt to keep the “communist threat” (with whom we were competing for control of the world’s resources) at bay.
Afghanistan: Oil pipelines, metal and mineral deposits, also an attempt to keep those “damn commies” at bay.
Iraq: Oil and a foothold in the ME. Iraq has been a piece of the puzzle in WWI and WWI, as well.
While I certainly agree that ego is involved where certain individuals are concerned (and isn’t greed largely driven by ego, as well?), I’m quite convinced that the elite of the world are in a constant battle for control of the world’s resources. The rest of us are pawns, and the stories we are told in the MSM are designed to make us think that we hold some sway in the world’s events — and that we can enjoy some of the “trickling down” of that wealth, too — so that we don’t revolt.
