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Future of US In Iraq
Over the coming months, Obama and McCain are going to battle on the issues, one of which is the Future of the US in Iraq.
McCain is going to argue that the US needs to stay in Iraq, for 100 years if necessary, Obama wants out, the sooner the better.
McCain is wrong, Obama is right, there is no denying that. This thing has gone on long enough. Obama wants to pull out of Iraq and really, if we do, no matter when it happens, there will still be violence and unrest. The most important thing is that we start taking care of our domestic interests.
This "war on terror" is not one that is going to be one or lost overseas and especially not in Iraq. It has already been proven and shown via official investigations and documents that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and had no WMD's. So, the question remains, why are we still over there.
The only reasonable answer is: oil. Its all tied to our energy needs.
We need to get our troops home and let the CIA, FBI and law enforcement fight the good fight on terror. Prevention here at home is the way to fight it with good intelligence and precision strikes if need be overseas if and only if we get credible intelligence on a plot that leads us to the bad guys.
We need to pull back and concentrate on our energy needs. Yes, this will be oil, but domestic drilling is not the long term answer. No one can deny that. What ever we dig up domestically will not wet our massive appetite for oil no matter how much we drill here, no matter what we do at home to produce we will not get to a point where we are free from the middle east and OPEC unless we develop the technologies to get us off foreign oil.
Alternatives, fuel economy, conservation and just being smarter about the way we use energy. We are 5% of the worlds population yet hog up 25% of the energy. Thats excessive to say the least. If we do learn to change our ways, we don't need our troops in Iraq or the middle east. We don't need anything from that part of the world, except good middle eastern food. Thats about it.
So, when John McCain is telling you how we need to stay in Iraq blah, blah, blah, remember we don't have to be there and when you listen to Obama, you will realize he is the sensible one of the two. There is no reason for us to be there. The only reason we should be over there is to finish tracking down the real bastard who caused 9/11, his name is Bin Laden, The Bush administration failed us miserably for not having gotten the real culprit and instead lying his way to Iraq. And Bin Laden was not and is no where near Iraq.
The westernization of the holy land will continue. Down to the middle east! Iraq will be a nice place to vacation soon. Get you shades and sunblock ready.
Why is that our job? Why do we have to "westernize" it? They don't want to be westernized, if they did they would have done that themselves and please, who in their right mind wants to vacation there? There has been violence in the Middle East for thousands of years before we invaded Iraq, there will be instability there long after we remove ourselves from the mess. The sooner we free ourselves from the need of their oil, the sooner we won't need them.
That is one one of the most intelligent replies I have seen in a while. However as leaders of the "western world" it is our job. We are doing it, have done it and will continue to do it all over the world. Too many examples to list. If you don't like or can't accept that fact move to a different country. As for the oil the whole thing is a damn scam to cover the abuse that has been lining the pockets of some powerful dems in the sub prime lending market. You won't find it because from what I can see from your posts you get your info from the main stream media who as the world knows sleeps with the dems. They have ruined the value of the dollar by pumping so much "free" money into the equation. Hense the changes to the bankruptcy laws. That's ther pat on the back "sorry we'll make it all better..just vote for us". When the dollars value declines our prices go up period. Study your high school economics book and get your info from multiple non slanted sources.
For the who is drilling where, how many barrels, etc etc...the reason you can't figure it out is because of whaere you get your info. They don't want you to figure it out because you will turn your tv off.