The Iraq War retrospective Thread

[Taem]

I don't mean to rehash an old thread (well, not that old), but I had need for comment. You see, in my business, I meet a great deal of foreign travelers, and work with quite a few Brazilians also. I should also mention that my grandmother houses no less than three to six students from abroad year round, from Germany to China to some places I didn't even know where on the map. My point? After having conversed with several of these individuals (English is required to learn in many European countries, and even most of the Chinese that come over already know some English), it was to my astounding attention that I discovered everyone from any country other than America, Canada, or Mexico knows of this whole oil = $ for America thing - EVERYONE! I felt so deceived, so left-in-the-dark. Why wouldn't our leaders want it's own people to know the truth about how America makes it's interest off other countries oil? Why mask the invasion of Iraq as a whole WMD campaign instead of just say, "Well folks, unless we invade Iraq and change the value of oil there from the Euro to the Dollar, the American Dollar will loose about 20% of its current value so, for America!" If the Bush administration had told us the truth instead of concocting elaborate lies, I might have had more respect for our government. Before I knew of the oil/$ thing, I honestly thought Bush was a power-crazed mad-man (ala Hilter), but never ventured so far as to compare nuts to bolts, however now that I know the truth, well I can actually support Bush's actions and I understand why he did what he did; what I cannot accept is his deliberate deception of not out our country and its citizens, but the deception of the world and the U.N. How utterly deplorable. If you Americans or Canadians still have any doubts about what Zenda said, print up the article and ask any foreigner about it - you will probably be as astonished as I was at their response: they are not shocked when you tell them, as a matter of fact, they look at you more like, "duh! Everyone knows that!"