Quote Originally Posted by Staurm
Well either way it still amounts to the same thing, controlling the world's resources, regardless of whatever international treaties are broken, eco-systems destroyed or human rights abuses are committed in the process.
I feel I should point out that Iraq had a huge area of marshlands, forget the name at present, that had a population which existed with a unique culture that lived in balance with the ecosystem for thousands of years, dating back to being one of the oldest societies in human history. Saddam made of point of whiping these people out and utterly destroying the marshlands, and the US (mother of all that is evil you know) has undertaken massive efforts to restore the region. I wish I had some figures at present, but I hear they've been making some real headway on the project.