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In a pure coincidence, Gaddafi impeded U.S. oil interests before the war
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So, time to start bombing Syria in addition to Libya?
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by Old School on April 22nd, 2011
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For years Americans have been known to try to clean up the troubles of other countries.
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Russian president Medvedev threatens US and NATO members that they will bomb European missile targets. How come nobody's talking about it?
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How do economic factors domestically play a factor in determining foreign policy decisions?
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Can any US citizen/former politician go to foreign countries and visit with the leaders? Do they need permission of our government first?
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What, you mean it wasn't because Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11?
I'm shocked...SHOCKED!....;-D...
by Old School on June 11th, 2011
Bush confirmed himself that there wasn't any proof that Saddam had anything to do with 9/11
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3118262.stm
So did Dick Cheney:
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-06-01/politics/cheney.speech_1_saddam-hussein-qaeda-iraqi-intelligence-officials?_s=PM:POLITICS
by Czar_K on June 11th, 2011
The big problem was that 10 yrs ago or so the US discovered
-That Saudi Arabia has 40% less oil reserves than they thought.
-That Iraq has twice the oil reserves they thought.
-That Afghanistan has way more oil than they thought:
Quote:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
announcement that the U.S. Geological Survey had identified undiscovered oil reserves 18 times the amount originally thought in a certain location and three times the amount of natural gas there
http://www.aapg.org/explorer/2006/07jul/afghanistan.cfm
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Then the State Dept and the Prez had to reconsider their 'politics'
Too bad for Saddam and for the Iraquis, bad for Afghanistan , bad for Qaddaffi but that's life...
Keep the links I gave you, they will be useful and I've many more.
by Czar_K on June 11th, 2011
One more:
Nation sits on a virtual ocean of black gold -- but getting it flowing will take money and time.
April 16, 2003: 5:14 PM EDT
By Mark Gongloff, CNN/Money Staff Writer
http://money.cnn.com/2003/04/16/news/economy/war_oil_primer/index.htm
by Czar_K on June 11th, 2011
@Czar_K - I knew that Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11. I knew that 9/11 was the excuse to invade Iraq.
I was poking fun at the Idiot Americans who ignore these obvious truths.
I knew that there was evidence Saudi Arabia was vastly overestimating its reserves. I did not know about the discovery of larger finds in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Thanks for the links. Hopefully people will read them and get educated.
by Old School on June 11th, 2011
And Rumsfeld:
http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aairaqioil.htm
I'm following this subject since quite a time.
by Czar_K on June 11th, 2011
Russia has lots of oil, when are we going to find an excuse to go stonking over there!
by formichinoo on June 11th, 2011