[arete]

Why should we go to the trouble of invading Iraq if this were indeed the reason? We already have a huge military presence in multiple oil-rich nations, including Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. We could just seize control of them and save the travel time. Mexico is right next-door. They have oil. A simple push across our southern border would be considerably less expensive than shipping our military halfway around the world.

Is this idiot suggesting that we could flim flam the world into thinking that Kuwait and Mexico have WMD and are a threat to world peace? Too many Muslims of a fanatic nature in Arabia to grab their oil. They's send us packing faster than Somalia did. We're going after Iraq for because they are the easiest target and have the planets second largest reserves of oil.

Richard W.

[pgyanke]

> "We're going after Iraq for because they are the easiest target and have the planets second largest reserves of oil."

Quick question: Why didn't we just take it after we kicked their butts out of Kuwait 12 years ago?

Answer: Because it's not about the oil.

Go home, junior.