Consider the last gulf war. Consider
Kuwait. A country in control of 9% of the worlds available oil reserves. Consider the oil field "previously thought to be an independent resivoir" that was discovered to be an extension of iraq's oil field. Consider the iraqis losing 13 billion dollars worth of oil in a year. Consider
Oil. Here long before us, oil can be used to produce numerous products, including gasoline. We have no idea what it is, or where it came from. We suspect it might be massive amounts of plant and animal matter from long ago. We have no idea how to make it, and as such it is a non renewable resource. Consider Saudi Arabia. Consider that it shares an oil field with kuwait, with each country recieving 50% of the oil profits. Consider that Saudi Arabia openly shares its wealth with other countries. Saudi Arabia follows muslim law. In fact, Saudi Arabia holds the most holiest of sites to the muslim religion, Mecca. Consider the formation of
OPEC, designed to benefit countries whos major export is oil. Consider
Iraq. Consider that they are the worlds second largest oil producer, after Saudi Arabia.
American forces in Saudi Arabia during the first gulf war angered many muslim states and organizations. The united states was attacked on september 11th. A war with afghanistan (read: bombing) followed. America announced the "axis of evil" countries: Iran, Iraq and North Korea. America demands that Saddam Hussein disarm or else. Hussein stalls, politically playing the situation. America bombs Iraq. America states that the rebuilding of Iraq will be done by the United states alone,
with the US running all hospitals and schools in the country. America will install a puppet government, and maintain close trade with Iraq. America will kill Saddam Hussein and Osama if they can. Many more innocents will be killed trying. The non renewable resource of oil will be better managed (read: American managed) and the region will profit.
Stability will return to the region, Israel aside. The remaining Arab states will continue to hate Israel for the annihilation of Palestine. If the hate continues long enough, the terror will be unfounded. Kuwait plans to allow American companies the rights to kuwaiti oil fields. Iraqi and kuwaiti oil will be more readily available to America.
If North Korea smartens up and develops its country, it will remain unattacked. A nuclear North Korea under the leadership of Kim Jong Il seems unlikely. America will continue to enjoy the lifestyle they have become accustomed to. Water and wood shipped from Canada fuel and expanding country.
Canada will also prove to be a reliable alternative to oil based wars.
The tar sands of Alberta have more oil than all of Saudi Arabia, and if technology could be improved, more oil than
all of the Middle East!
The oil Canada already produces is shipped to the United States, refined, and sold back to Canada. We will prove to be very useful to the United states, in terms of Water and Oil.
It is unfortunate that discussion on the latest "war" is reduced to "I support America" and "I do not support the war."
America is doing the world a favor by removing Saddam Hussein.
America is doing itself a favour in the occupation and rebuilding of Iraq.
Iraq will have ten times the casualties than the United States.
George Bush is not in charge. He is merely a public figure.
War solves nothing, it is merely an excersise in power.
To kill Saddam Hussein would take only a few skilled assasins, waging war for this purpose is a tactic of "shock and awe", freely admitted by America.
The ultimate lessons in this conflict: 1) America is indeed powerful.
2) You had better go nuclear damn fast if you dont want America beating your ass down when you start ruckus.
3) War begets war.
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Time travel could solve all of humanities problem's, but is more likely to be used in greed.
