[Jim Noble]

And the only potential justification for invading Iraq and destroying its social, political, and military systems would have been to seize the oil.

In 1991, we should have asked Saddam to go all the way to Riyadh. It would have saved us enormous amounts of money, and tens of thousands of our best killed and maimed, all for nothing.

[kiryandil]

In 1991, we should have asked Saddam to go all the way to Riyadh. It would have saved us enormous amounts of money, and tens of thousands of our best killed and maimed, all for nothing.

How does that enrich the Western military-industrial complex?