--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 10/21/06 3:01:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > > drpetersutphen@ writes: > > > We are in Iraq for several reasons. One is to open the > > > oil fields to a free market, democratically elected > > > and US friendly government. This is just smart > > > politics and planning for the future. Unfortunately it > > > isn't working out that way for the US. We should have > > > listened to the state department, not the defense > > > department! > > > > > > Naaaaa. If we wanted the oil fields of Iraq to flow, all we had > > to do was > > > lift sanctions against Saddam which were about to collapse > > anyway. That oil > > > would have sold at market prices anyway, making Saddam even > > wealthier with oil > > > prices as they are today. The overwhelming reason we are there > > today is to > > > create a democracy in a region that is traditionally held by > > dictators or > > > absolute monarchies that have a reason to suppress their people > > and keep them > > > ignorant and in poverty so as to be able to maintain their own > > power. This leads > > > to anger, hostility and hopelessness which gives rise to > > terrorism. When a > > > people can have more stake in their own future via a government > > they control > > > through elections they are far less likely to want to make war > on > > others so they > > > can focus on developing their own country and thus less likely > to > > get > > > involved in supporting terrorism. The State Department was all > > for maintaining the > > > status quo which would only perpetuated the current state in > the > > middle east. > > > > > Gee, what an enlightened outlook all of a sudden from the US who > had > > no problem currently or previously supporting Mubarak in Egypt- > > military dictatorship, The House of Saud- oligargical > dictatorship, > > Shah of Iran- dictatorship, and Saddam in Iraq- dictatorship. Ah > > yes, the freedom we yearn for in the Middle East! Alarming naivete. > > > > The only thing we want in Iraq is a puppet government that gives > us > > reliable access to Iraqi oil, without creating waves in the Middle > > East. A stable dictatorship would be just fine with Cheney/Bush. > > > > If the choice in American foreign policy through the years was to > only support those countries that had democracies and supported > human rights, then the only country the US would have had relations > with would have been Canada...and even that would be debatable. > I agree. I am not saying that the US should only support democracies, only that this empty excuse not continue to be trotted out for our invasion of Iraq. We sought to make Iraq a defacto colony, not a democracy.
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