Sorry, the issue was totally clear and it has been for a long time. Airspirit pointed it all right: it's a war on oil.
Currently Iraki oil assets are controlled by the French and the Russian (mainly).
Exxon (US) would really like to get a hold of the northern resources (worth about $102 billion, last estimate). Notice that since the war seemed unsure, Exxon bought about 30% in shares of the 2nd biggest russion oil company, which, coincidentally, controls most of the northern irak oil resources... Need i go any further ?
The motives behind this war are clear for *everyone*. It's not "helping the iraki" (come on, carpet bombing ppl never helped anyone).
It's not a matter of who is right and who is wrong.
Of course Saddam is a rotten dictator. Of course he's responsible of his people famine and poverty.
But realistically. They're menacing NO ONE. Come on, even the CIA admits the y don't know about any big weapon Saddam would possess. Did U read the U.N. reports ? There's nothing there, just short-range missiles (that can barely go over their own borders), a few trucks, and empty shells.
Last time there was *a hint* of a developing menace in Irak, the answer from their neighbours was immediate. They started to build a nuclear powerplant. Once the Israeli knew what it was meant for (and they knew it quickly...) 3 F-16's took off. They blew it up in a matter of hours. End of story.
Do you think their other nice neighbours, Iran, would let em develop anything nasty ? Be serious.
As just anyone else in the world, i'll be convinced he's dangerous for the world when i see evidence. Currently there's none. Even muslim terrorists despise Saddam because his government is Catholic.
Why going bomb them, when there are too many other dangerous dictators in power just anywhere around the world ? It's not for the Iraki. Not for the Kurds (who live above the cherished oil resources). Heck, the US, UK and Turkey are already negociating the shares of oil.
g.l.amour: do you watch Euronews ? That's a quite objective point of view of what's happening. We get to see American propaganda, European one, and Iraki one.
And, explain why the U.S. aren't attaking North Korea. They HAVE nukes (2 are ready, more are to come). They HAVE ICBMs, that they tested over Japan BTW (landed into the pacific, for the test). They CLAIM they'll wipe out the U.S. off the face of the planet. They clearly said they'd strike the first blow. They're led by the worst dictature in existence, complete murderers. What Bush answers to that ? "we'll solve that by diplomacy". bah.
So what, the US are going to war anyway, economic interests are too important. Tony Blair will follow. And the rest of the world will watch, consterned.
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