[mnehring]

You don’t feel that any of those countries are in our national security or economic interest? What would happen if Saddam kept Kuwait and then moved into Saudi Arabia, as was one of his plans? Like it or not, oil is a national security and economic interest of this country and we have to excerpt some control over the stability of the region for our own security.

[traviskicks]

Like it or not, oil is a national security

I disagree. I think that governments around the world have made it a 'national security issue' has resulted in much ill.