Quote Originally Posted by PharmaCan
it is painfully obvious that GWB and the neo-cons manufactured the excuses for invading Iraq from whole-cloth. Do you think it is any coincidence that oil prices and oil company profits are at record highs, thanks to GWB and the neo-cons? And who is benefiting from the record high oil prices? The entire world or the elites?

Neo-cons like to ask "Don't you agree that the world is a better place without Sadaam Hussien?" as if the answer to that question is an automatic "yes" and therefor the end justifies the means. Well, I've got news for you. An analysis of factual data would indicate that the answer to that question is, in fact "No, the world is not a better place without Sadaam.' It's pretty obvious that Arab peoples in the Middle East absolutely NEED to be ruled by potentates or dictators. They are too uncivilized to rule themselves. A sad, yet, for the most part, undisputable fact.

Are fewer people dying in Iraq today than were dying under Sadaam?

Is the average Iraqi better off today than s/he was under Sadaam?

Is the world a better place with the entire Middle East on the brink of all out war?

Would Iran be rattling the nuclear sabre if Sadaam were still in power?

And, just as a side issue, why is it that we expect the oil wealth of the Middle East to be shared with the people of the Middle East, yet we think it is perfectly alright for America's oil resources to be owned and exploited by the elite few?

And please, don't answer because of capitalism. Capitalism is economic philosophy designed to enrich the elites. It has nothing to do with freedom or democracy. Sure it's a great sytem, but even great systems need measures to prevent abuse.
Great post, pretty much sums up my opinion on the whole thing. I surely hope we don't go for Iran as I'm pretty sure thats the beginning of the end, the whole middle east will blow up and spread to china and Packistan and then Russia will get involved and the Israelis will have to use Nukes and..........................