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Originally posted by Alchemy
[b]The fact that idiots flock to a particular opinion does not make that opinion wrong, nor does it make the intelligent folk holding that opinion less intelligent.
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Give it up. "lets promote peace by causing conflict". Whatever, hypocricy is bliss eh?.
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The fact the war has begun does not make arguments against it invalid.
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Nor arguments for it invalid, whichare far and away topple argument against it. I see you nicely side stepped my questions above with BS. Answer those questions and then lets hear some more ANTI war BS!
Oil someone says? BS!!!
"If it's only for oil, answer this one question. Why did we not get involved in Venezuela when they had all their political problems just a few months ago? They are our 4th largst oil supplier behind Saudi, Mexico and Canada. They currently produce just under 3 million barrels per day and expect that to more than double in the next few years to 7 million. A lot of oil experts believe that Venezuela's oil reserves that have yet to be tapped contain more oil than almost ANY middle eastern country and more than the majority combined? We are not going into Iraq for the oil, there are too many other countries that use it's oil than the US and I think it would destroy any remnents of respect we have in the middle east.
According to a 2001 oil production report by the IEA, Venezuela produces 2.9 million barrels per day, 59% coming from 10 'giant' category oil fields that are expected to last over 25+ years. Iraq produces 2.5 million, 96% of that from only 5 giant fields, meaning they are tapping their reserves quickly. Also, The only countries outproducing Venezuela in the middle east are Saudi and Iran, with 8.0 million and 3.6 million respectively. The rest of the middle east OPEC members account for a total of 4.5 million barrels per day, 90% being UAE and Kuwait, both whom have very lucrative contracts with the US already. The US itself produces 11.4 million barrels a day, which is more than 3.5 million barrels more than Saudi, the number 2 oil producer. So with Us having 11.4 million from North American production, and deals with Saudi, Kuwait, UAE, ASIA and Latin America and the Former Soviet States which all combined equate to over 30 millon barrels a day we have access to, why would we care for 2.5 million that Iraq would supply us? That's a drop in the bucket! With Venezuals expected to shortly be the third largest oil producer behind the US and Saudi, why did we not help ensure a more US friendly non-government run oil company would result from the stirke and political turnoil there if US' sole agenda is oil?"