My how times do change... 
I figured I'd post a link to a CNN article this time, although they don't go in to all the details.
I've never said this war is about oil, BTW. It's about taking out Saddam because:
- We owe it to the planet to get rid of Saddam because we created him.
- We knew about Bin Laden but didn't act and 911 was the result.
- The military industrial complex needs an occasional boost now that the cold war is over.
The truly sad thing is that since the Berlin wall fell the US has been declaring war on everything. War on drugs, war on poverty, war on terrorism, etc. Why don't we stop messing around and just declare war on peace and get it over with
Oh, and declaring war on terrorism is really scary. Americans are being asked to give up some of their basic rights for the duration of the war "to better protect them". The problem is this: when does the war on terrorism end? It's not like a war on another country, after all it's pretty obvious when the war is over if you are fighting a named enemy. Attack the French and the war is over when they surrender (2 days tops
).
But how do you know when you've won the war on terrorism? How do you know when you've killed or captured all the terrorists? What politician is going to commit political suicide by declaring an end to the war? When do you get your rights as a US citizen back? How much freedom are you going to lose in the name of protection before it's all said and done? Scary times my friends, just too scary...
So, instead of getting involved in the affairs of other countries only when there is something in it for America to gain, how about we just leave them alone? You'd have to publish a new map of the world, Russia would own Afganistan, but you wouldn't have to be concerned about
the Stinger missles that weren't turned back in to the CIA after the war in Afganistan was over...
Sorry Allen, I'm a realist: When I see a glass with some liquid in it I don't see the glass as half full or half empty. I know that if I hang around long enough I'll get stuck washing the glass...
