consider the following:
We put saddam in power to start with. We needed to remove him to balance out that sin.
WMD's found or no, Saddam murdered 30,000 civilians with mustard, Sarin, VX, and Tabun, some of the most deadly and horrible chemicals ever created. 30K people died from him USING WMD's as late as the late 80's and threatened our troops directly with them in 91. Whole towns in northern Iraq were attacked with WMDs, so there's the propensity for use by Saddam and his honchos, in really super recent history, and then the records for where those weapons went go blank. Says to me there's an uncertainty about either a delivery system or a weaponized chemical. If you think it's hard to make a delivery system and an agent, come over to my house for 20 minutes. I'm a decent hand with t3h chemistry and t3h drillings.
Ask the jews whose job it is to save the oppressed. Ask the murdered Kurds (I know a few Kurds that escaped... you can't imagine the horrors they ran from) who should have saved them. The whole pushing democracy thing is bullshit and we should stop that. It works with western culture but not always with the eastern cultures.
If you think oil is a BS political reason, ask yourself what would happen to the whole goddamned world if there was a supply disruption. How do you make breakfast or drdive to work or have a damned job in the first place without oil making the energy that moves the world.
Thinking that the dumbest fucking people in the world all put in a group (Bush and his "advisors") could pull off the most elaborate scheme ever is just plain silly. Seriously, coordinating 22 people's actions in 3 states involving 4 non-military planes, near pinpoint timing, a perfect demolition quality appearing building felling, a perfect cover up with NO evidence of any government involvement, not to mention 3300 dead civilians, 343 firefighteres, and dozens of police and military and expecting the government to not leave 1 bit of corroborating evidence. Wow... if you believe that's even possible I've got a bridge to sell you.
Your 2nd to last paragraph, except for the first sentence which I addressed above, is totally sensible and I agree. I think you may take it too far though. You just need to always consider who gets the $, then you can predict your government with reasonable accuracy and you'll really understand the motivations. If you're responsible for keeping 300 million people employed in a global economy, you'll make some questionable decisions and you'll make yourself richer in the process...that's just how it works. If you don't like the view at the back of the dog pack, become the lead dog.
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