[Randallw]

Originally posted by primitive:
OK, now we're getting somewhere.

Is a destabilized Iraq, and high oilprices in USAs best interest ?
As one of the most oildependend contries in the world, a sanctioned but stable Iraq would have been much better. The only Americans who profit from the current situation is the oil-mafia.

Donno why I keep *****ing about this. I live in a country that benefits gratly form high oilprices and I don't even own a SUV

Yes, A stable Iraq would be better. The US needs to crack down on the insurgents and eliminate any threat. I ponder the question, If the Iraqis have bad feelings against the US then why waste the time to "help" them. I can see that most Iraqis just want to get on with their lives and abhor part of their population causing chaos (eg. blowing up Iraqis, not American soldiers mind you, who are lining up to join their own police force to keep order). There exists though some part of the population that opposes the US. This is understandable what with Abu Ghraib (which is another example of retarded incompetence), but you have terrorists from other countries coming to Iraq to cause trouble. In this case a proportion of the liberated do not have the same mindset as the liberators.

US: "Congratulations we have freed you from tyranny and introduced democracy to Iraq"
Insurgents: "I spit on Democracy, Iraq needs a
shariast government"

Considering the oil, I for one look forward to the day when we no longer need oil (eg electric cars etc), then lets see the middle east survive without any useful resources.