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In reply to the discussion: Why on Earth should we nominate a presidential candidate who voted for war with Iraq? [View all]7962
(11,841 posts)As has been the case for so many years now, we would not do what needed to be done to completely destroy the enemy. They hid among civilians and we left them alone. But when in battle, they never defeated our forces. We just chose not to continue to go out and find them. This all started in Korea, got worse in Vietnam and I guess will be that way from now on. We're too afraid of the pictures the world will see. Remember the "highway of death" from Kuwait. They do the same with the Israelis; shoot at them and then wait for retaliation among supposed innocents, hoping some of them get taken out so they can parade their bodies through the streets as victims of the evil aggressors.
Your first point is very interesting though; I never looked at it that way. China NEEDS oil to satisfy their huge population, as does India. We are actually getting more economical and if we start using more NG it will get even better. In that respect, we would have a lot of sway over the price of oil that would affect them more than us. IMO, anyway......