Quote: magicjay38 said: You had me going until you started assigning altruistic motives to the US Government. I'm sorry, but I think it really has more to do with money, the value of the dollar and control of valuable resources. Our prior support for Saddam was motivated by the money. Not anything new. Rome was not a philathropic enterprise and neither is DC.
While I have no doubt the dollar signs are what motivated the administration to go into Iraq in the first place, it is that altruistic motivation that forces the US to remain there.
The fact is that this country is being run by business men. When a business venture goes bad, the correct course of action is to get the hell out taking as little of a hit as possible. The problem here, and this was a big oversight on the administration's side, is that when you start messing around in other nations, you can't just take a small hit and bail when the going gets tough.
The US has no choice but to stick around, or someone else will pick up the pieces, and two things will happen. One, the Iraqi people will be subjugated again, and that is unacceptable. Two, and this probably hits closer to home with the administration, but I can't and won't say for sure, someone else makes a prophet on that oil.
I am not saying the US isn't in there for the money. What I am saying is that money isn't the only reason the US can't just pull out and cut it's losses. At this point, there are still enough people in this nation who care if the Iraqi people are subjugated. The US started this mess, and it has lost too many lives to not finish it.
Quote: magicjay38 said: You should be a diplomat, though.
Thanks, but the world frowns upon people who make sense.
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