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Acrylic-bob · 07-06-2004, 16:32

>>if this is all about oil, what are we actually getting out of it. We are not pinching Iraq's oil are we? The war is costing us a bloody fortune so where is the profit for us?<<
Think about it. Which is easier, persuading someone like Saddam Hussein to do your bidding, or persuading a 'Democratic' body who are beholden to you because it is you who nominated them and it is your money that helps finance them? And also remember that the US is likley to insist that there will be some residual military presence in Iraq, in much the same way that they kept a base in the Phillipines, just to keep an eye on things and to use as a staging post for the next adventure.
The creation and maintenance of client states worked for the Roman Empire, and any other empire you care to mention, including our own.

07-06-2004, 16:32	#15
Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	Re: Is it time to pull out of Iraq? >>if this is all about oil, what are we actually getting out of it. We are not pinching Iraq's oil are we? The war is costing us a bloody fortune so where is the profit for us?<< Think about it. Which is easier, persuading someone like Saddam Hussein to do your bidding, or persuading a 'Democratic' body who are beholden to you because it is you who nominated them and it is your money that helps finance them? And also remember that the US is likley to insist that there will be some residual military presence in Iraq, in much the same way that they kept a base in the Phillipines, just to keep an eye on things and to use as a staging post for the next adventure. The creation and maintenance of client states worked for the Roman Empire, and any other empire you care to mention, including our own.