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Originally Posted by liveordie83
That's true this war isn't about genicide, or "terrorists", or racsim. it's about MONEY. What's iraq's major export? OIL! What dose george bush have all his money in? OIL! Why on earth couldn't our highly trained military defend these oil pipelines effectively for years on end? Because the company that rebiult them over and over again(with no bid contracts) has Dick cheney as the CEO! And which two individuals have went from mere millionaires to billionaires in this short time span? Bush and Cheney!
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Like i said, i was never for the war, and always confused about the choice of location. If it was about terrorists why Iraq? Hussain was a cruel dictator, but other countries have that too, that cant have been the only reason. Money may have well been the motivation, and if so thats appauling to say the least. Especially since Bush and Cheney were already Billionaires beforehand.
But what do you mean 'Bush has all his money in Oil'? He owned stock in the companies that produced the oil? The invasion hasnt increased profitsof the Oil companies, theyve decreased due to the new troubles in shiping/ protecting their Oil. How exactly did he make all this money supposedly? Im not saying your wrong, i just want to know the specifics, I end up discussing politics with friends often, and would like to bring this up with a friend who was in support of the war from the begining.
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Originally Posted by HOB
I addamately appose the idea of extending our oil economy. Obamas proposed policies would help to ease us off our addiction (no I do not mean snorting caffine off of strippers). The main reason that global warming has not run away on us is the global dimming effect created by various factors most notably particle polutants.
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What we need to remember is that Oil is used for much more than our cars. Airefare, Power, Industry and many other things use Oil; we cant just cut it out until we have alternatives for those, and that is going to take time. If we are Oil free in 40 years i think it will be incredibly fast. And drilling for more oil wont increase our dependancey on it, only add to the supply. We do need to look into alternative energy for these things, but we need oil until we find that solution and make sure it works and is reliable. And chances are we cant rely on just one solution, we will need many. You are right that we need to put a priority on alternative and effective methods, but we cant expect immediate results.
Also what do you mean 'Global warming running away on us'? And i havent heard the term Global Dimming, what is that?