Exoparadapsyphobia

It seems that there is allot of debate and question over why we are fighting in Iraq. Some say we are there for oil some say we are there to liberate and deter terrorism. So what I want to know is what do you think we are fighting for? Are we fighting for freedom, or has our military become a tool for appeasing America's corporate interests?

As for me I don't really know, for the moment it doesn't look like we are getting any oil from Iraq becuase we are still in a gas crisis. So it's only logical to assume that we are there as liberators.

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Admiral_Dread

I feel we went there as arbiters acting against Terrorism, Then it turned out good ol' Saddam didn't have any weapons of mass destruction, bummer... So we decided we needed to liberate the people of Iraq.

Iraq isn't the only place we get oil from. But the main reason that oil started becoming more expensive (part factoid and part opinion) Is it is becoming harder and harder to find easy to drill oil deposits, So the oil companies are jacking the price up like hell as part of the "demand", Also China really started up in the usage of gas. So the demand part isn't so much "demand".

What we need to do is follow Brazil's footsteps, because of sugarcane They can easily produce ethanol (Has more of the fun sugars then corn, which we use in the U.S. for ethanol). They aren't dependent on oil for powering their autos.

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HolderOfTheDarkChalice

i think we fight becuase we think we know
better than other country's i mean look at kosavo perfect
example of us steping in to force a treaty

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shadowrulz

I guess only members from america can answer this. Hmph. As for me. This "war on terror" is no more than a ploy for the government to finally be able to test out new weapons on the battlefield. It's just not right. They may be saying that they're trying to free the people in Iraq, but as for my opinion. America's starting an empire. One that will fall almost exactly like the Roman empire. Maybe, maybe even worse. And that's what I beleive. Soon the democracy will fall. And dictators will take over the county. Hmph.

I feel strongly for my decision. And this is one of the reasons I want to take over the world.

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Dark.

That's the problem with wars. We start out to do something, then switch it, and by the end of the war, we don't get anything we were trying to get. America should've just let 9/11 slide, waste all these billions of dollars enhancing our own borders instead of fighting the old fight. The fight we can never win.

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shadowrulz

Agreed on every condition Dark. Getting involved wasn't nessesary. Just tightening security would've been enough. But, sometime's things get out of control and innoccent people die because of it. Getting involved was a big mistake.

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ordinateur

I think the United States are fighting not only to get oil, but to show to the whole word that they are the most powerful country and that they can do whatever they want without any fear...

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Nympho

My opinion and not fact.

We actually cant touch the oil out there so there is no point in fighting over that. But i think Bush wanted something to show for in his presidency and he cant be a push over after 9/11. People wanted to see there people avenged. So he did so. And then after being out there they decided to help there goverment. And we are not tangled in some kind of web in having the upper hand.

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HolderOfTheDarkChalice

we fight becuase its in our blood think about it
its only been a few hundred years since we cut ties
from england and then agin we had a civle war
over slavery. its in our blood and history we cant live
with out it. it shows in how were handling the situation in
iran and are trying to handle north korea good luck there
we need to slow down beifre we bite off more than we can chew

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Crimson_Inferno

I know I'm not American but our troops are in Iraq as well so I'll give my opinion. I believe that the reason America and its allies are in Iraq was first because of the weapons of mass destruction but when they couldn't find them they decided that they would try to liberate the Iraqi people from an evil dictator

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princesslady

i think we fight for one reason and one reason only,...BUSH IS DAMN CRAZY.HE ENJOYS IT SO THATS WHY WE FIGHT. my opinon

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