09-11-2002, 08:36 AM
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Originally posted by Tancred:
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Bearing in mind that the politics of the original Gulf War centred around blocking Saddam Hussein's potential control of the oilfields of Kuwait - and therefore protecting the strength of the american dollar rather than people - it's a vile thing to think as you do. Our leaders went in, created a mess, and now our new leaders are having to clean it up ten years later; fair enough. But that doesn't change the fact this started out being about money. No-one's hands are clean. We are the agressors and we've killed thousands so we can stay rich.
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Tancred, you do the United States a disservice when you accuse it of only doing things for "The US Dollar" and not for people. That is such a total untruth that I don't even know how to really address it. FOR example. Since the Taliban gained control in Afghanistan roughly 6200 Afghani's have been relocated by the US state department to the United states. giiven homes, Jobs, food, and clothing. That isnt because of our war on terrorism, the relocations were started long before Sept. 11 2001. How does that help the strength of the US dollar?
The War in Kuwait did help our economic interests, but that was not the sole reason we were there and any statement to the contrary is just mean spirited and baseless. It is also being grossly unfair to those decision makers who did what was right.
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