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"...Ironically, your example, Iraq, did go to war with Kuwait solely over economic reasons, and that didn't go to well for them...:

You do know it was about territory and conquest, not economics, right?

It is clear to me we disagree, and when I read hyperbolic statements like "...but at this point in time, economic reasons cannot be the sole reason for the US to go to war, otherwise we're opening ourselves up to starting several wars a year and we become hypocrites..." I realize there isn't much point in discussing the issue. Thanks.

76 posted on 12/21/2011 7:38:21 PM PST by rlmorel ("A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." Winston Churchill)

You do know it was about territory and conquest, not economics, right?

I see, so it wasn't about Kuwaiti oil, and Iraq's massive debt from the Iran-Iraq war that they couldn't pay off with the oil market being flooded, which they blamed Kuwait for. It was about 80 year old border disputes instead.