[Behind Liberal Lines]

After 10 days in the Iraqi capital, they said they are convinced the war was fought for oil, not necessarily to rid the country of Saddam Hussein. Of all the government buildings that were blown apart by bombs during the war, the Ministry of Oil is still standing, untouched, they said.

But if it was about oil, why not bomb the hell out of the ministry and then claim we needed to bring in an American company because of the ministry's destruction?

Answer: Because it wasn't about oil.

they went to Karbala, a town where a mass grave of people killed during the Saddam regime was located...[the Iraqis] are happy that Saddam has been removed

So, let me get this straight: They saw the mass graves, they heard how happy the Iraqis were that Saddam was removed, and let they still oppose the war, still claim it was for oil and still attack our troops as occupiers, not liberators.

They obviously don't want the truth, they want to attack the President.

Ithaca is the City of Evil.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

City of Evil bump

[2banana]

"The coalition forces are looked at as an occupying army rather than a liberating one."

See:

Mass graves unearthed in Iraq
Some political parties say there are more than 1 million bodies
--Associated Press

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105070,00.html

[mfulstone]

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[Always Right]

After 10 days in the Iraqi capital, they said they are convinced the war was fought for oil, not necessarily to rid the country of Saddam Hussein.

I am certain these individuals went there with such open minds. At least they were unable to deny how evil Saddam was. Their preconceived beliefs on the reason for the war are meaningless. The one piece of anedotal evidence doesn't prove anything.

[rudypoot]

I'm still waiting on that Kuwaiti oil from the last gulf war. Wasn't that war of oil too?

[Fixit]

Of all the government buildings that were blown apart by bombs during the war, the Ministry of Oil is still standing, untouched, they said.

 

This grammar used in this sentence resists all attempts to be diagrammed.

It opens with an inclusive group of all buildings that were blown apart by bombs, then blindly shifts gears to discussing a building that is part of a group that was not blown apart by bombs. How about an accounting of all the buildings that were not bombed?

Oh, wait, this is Ithaca, and even grammar must bow to the PC agenda...