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Originally posted by Joeiss
I find it funny when people always bring up the point that America gets little to none of their oil from Iraq. So what? Just because America is not buying from them doesn't mean that there isn't any there. The fact that America isn't buying oil from Iraq doesn't hide that one of America's reasons for going to war is oil.
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"one of the reasons"? Well then, I suppose World War II should not have started being that "one of the reasons" was possibly maintaining economic safety in Europe.
Everything that a person does lacks the 100% selflessness that some people see fit to be mandatory before actions are taken.
For example, if someone would return a lost pet to its owner, would it be wrong of that person to have felt somewhere inside "It'd be nice if a reward was involved", or if someone saved three drowning children... would it be wrong of the person to ever think "I'm doing this in part for respect"?
The examples may be pretty lousy, but I hope the point shows through. Just because oil is involved, does not mean the whole focus of the war is to gain the oil.