Iraq And Oil.

I'm afraid you lost me. Are you referring to the oil? Oh, it's not down the drain. The liberals would still tell me I'm delusional.

..you don't need evidence, if you repeat something enough times, that means it's true.. :))tongue in cheek!

I'm saying that the whole "No Blood For Oil" crap is just a liberal lie... or at least there aren't any liberals chanting it that are able to produce any evidence.

Prs. Bush stated from the beginning that his justification for war was WMD, Saddam's support for terrorism, to liberate the people of Iraq and to enforce the Ceasefire of 1991. Ok, granted, the WMD thing didn't pan out, but Prs. Bush was far from the only one who thought he had them... Hussein himself claimed to have them. The other 3 are very legitimate reasons to go to war, and shouldn't be dismissed just because the stockpiles of WMD weren't found.

Parated I agree with you but you should check these out too: http://www.nysun.com/article/26514 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/13/AR2005081300530.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,200499,00.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/31/1080544556813.html?from=storyrhs http://www.casi.org.uk/info/scriraq.html http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2003/18513.htm http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:hAm0Dj5426sJ:www.un.org/Depts/unmovic/new/documents/quarterly_reports/s-2004-435.pdf+unmovic+report+netherlands&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/3/13/101911.shtml http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwDJRBOsj78 http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/21/bush.blair/index.html http://www.townhall.com/columnists/LarryElder/2006/05/25/who_thought_iraq_had_wmd_most_everybody

Saddam had nothing to do with Al-Qaeda or 9/11. It's not that the US depended on Iraq for oil but rather, Bush's friends wanted to make MONEY from Iraq's oil. There is lots of money to be made from the war too and if you can use other people's taxes to make a profit, why not do it? It makes good business sense if you can get away with it, which they have.

Oh by the way, China, Russia, and France were already doing business during Saddam's regime and oil exploration deals signed with the old regime are still in effect. US companies were shut out because of sanctions but the war means they now are not. Big difference.

...hopefully it's been conquered like we conquered Japan.. Germany..

I'm not saying oil doesn't play a part. I'd be naive to think it had nothing to do with it. What I AM saying, is that oil was not the MAIN reason. We had so many reasons for going into Iraq that it's hard to say which was the primary reason. And Iraq has NOT been conquered. The US and its allies have taken out the old regime. That's all at this point. Yes, many troops are there, but those troops are trying to settle the area, not conquer it. Most of those troops would be just as happy to leave Iraq as an ally. Let the civilians work out how trade would go from there. But, no one will be willing to invest in Iraq as long as the fighting goes on. And Iraqis will never have better lives unless they stop blowing up the things that could improve their lives, like the water treatment facilities.

Thanks for your imput.. I should note that I am definately a proponent of this war. I support it wholeheartedly.