Honest question... how?? See my #12.
This War is about Revenge, not conquest. Raw, unadulterated, ferocious revenge (of which I am a whole-hearted supporter)... not a land-grab.
But if people do want to turn this into a land-grab, I really want to know their answer to the question -- from where?? I'm not asking these questions from any weakness of resolve. I'm asking because, imagining for a moment that the crap really hits the fan, and my 18-year old youngest brother is called to serve (for example)... from where do we stage the Ground War??
The Infantry should never be sent out on a logistical shoe-string and a prayer.
I'm certainly not a fan of stealing.
And I would have to ask anyone in favor of keeping the oil, who would trust a President who as part of "defense" steals the property of another nation and then says out of the other side of his mouth that he will defend the life, liberty and property of his own countrymen? Hogwash. He'll do no such thing. If he can rationalize bad actions abroad, it won't take much arm-twisting to get him to rationalize them at home.
I wasn't assuming it was only Afghanistan that was the problem. I've seen speculation on threads here today... if we do invade, that we should remove all the Saddams, all the militant muslims from the heads of countries.. And when we withdraw (like Japan/Germany) arrange it so the new governments are democracies and look on us favorably.
What if we do find out Iraq directed or financed this..?
We can easily land there.