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Originally Posted by budw38
How much oil is in Afganistan ? If we only cared for oil , why haven't we stopped supporting Isreal , if we let the Islamic countries in that region destroy Isreal we would have $ 10 barrels of oil . So by your account , even if AL Qaeda / Bin Laden run terror camps out of New Zealand , Bush would have set our troops to Afgan'st ? We were in Iraq / Kuwait in 1991 , how much oil have we taken in almost 20 years ? I'm not saying oil , like any commodity does not have an effect on policy , but in this case I think thats a stretch . After 9-11 , are you suggesting we should have done nothing , thinking they would not try a more deadly attack , just asking ?
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We can't just care about the oil countries. The entire region has to be minded for the sake o our oil. Don't confuse me with a peacenik no more war or oil type. I am simply pointing out the obvious. We do next to nothing in Africa when tribal wars erupt and millions die...they have no oil. The middle east though of course does and we're constantly embattled there now.