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Originally Posted by Jerrica
There was, however, a legitimate reason to invade Afghanistan. They attacked North America.
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Afghanistan attacked North America?
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Originally Posted by gukarma
I just want to get one thing straight: if this whole war is for oil why is America is spending billions of dollars in it and actually driving the costs of oil UP for itself? Furthermore, why is America whiling to stick it out with all these losses?
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The price of crude is going up for reasons that have nothing to do with Iraq. It wouldn't be unreasonable to say that there we have a supply problem when it comes to oil production, in the sense that regimes of questionable integrity seem to have a lot of influence on the price of crude. In that respect, Washington policymakers may have had the intention of transforming Iraq, which has something like the second largest proven oil reserves in the world, into a model for "oil integrity", complete with an accountable government that respects the rule of law, both in the international and domestic spheres. This, theoretically, should result in higher, but, more importantly secure, oil output in Iraq, thus increasing the amount of oil reaching world markets, pushing the price of crude downwards.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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