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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:22 PM Original message |
Sorry dumb question. What exactly is the U.S. fighting for in Iraq? |
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Lefty48197 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. because if we don't fight the Iraqis there, we'll have to fight them here |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. In one word: Oil. |
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ShrewdLiberal (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. ...and personal gain (more wealth) for the plutocrats |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Who Knows? |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. The right to steal Oil democratically |
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Rising Phoenix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. we're fighting for freedom |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. doh |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, it's important to support the arms and oil industry. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Step 1 Invade Iraq |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. whug.. |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. Iran |
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USA_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. ... for ... |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
10. for W's precious "legacy" (n/t) |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Power, |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. nothing |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. Military Industrial Complex Needs Its Market |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. Not sure, the reason keeps changing... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. Very good question.... |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
19. Oil, hegemony in the region, protecting our only *friend* in the region |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. uh, well, you know, sorta, kinda, oily stuff, foreign controlled democracy |
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Darranar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. A number of reasons. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. W finally told the truth. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-01-05 10:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That photo is very telling. |
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