The Geneva Convention covers captured enemy soldiers, not the masterminds behind our country's demise...besides, is Al Queda consdered an opposing army, and do they also follow the Geneva Convention ??
Lets just let them do whatever the fuck they want to us, and do nothing in return, because that wouldnt be right
So you're all for torturing any suspected terrorist in spite of the fact that they're supposed to be "innocent until proven guilty"? Or that they have the right to due process while being held as a criminal under the United States constitution? It's perfectly fine for us to take in anybody we want, torture them with any method we like, and still label ourselves the moral authority of the world?
Give me a fucking break. By torturing every single turban-wearing male we find makes us no better than the supposed terrorists we are trying to fight.
thats why we are trying to find a solution to make all involved satisfied
But Noam Chomsky is still a retard, right?
Invading for oil ?? Last time I checked, we are spending more for oil and gas than ever before...
Everybody read this.
You cannot be THIS naive.
Follow along with me here. The reason why we are in Iraq for oil (and perhaps soon to be Iran) is because we need to secure the crude that is already in the area and do whatever we can to limit China's access to crude. There is a new major oil pipeline being built by, of course,
Halliburton in the Northern part of the country, stretching from Kirkuk to Baiji. The latter location contains the largest oil refinery in Iraq. This pipeline will then be connected to tap into the Ceyhan-Tblisi-Baku (BTC) oil pipeline, which links the Caspian sea to the Eastern Mediterranean with a flow of crude. The BTC pipeline was opened up in 2006 and is the largest pipeline to serve Western markets in the Middle East. Our nation has practically set up a new bloc with Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Israel, securing pipeline capacity for years to come.
Which nation is right in the middle of all this, Vinni? The construction of the BTC pipeline from Baku to Ceyhan began in 2003. What else began in 2003, Vinni? The answers are Iraq and the war on Iraq, respectively.
These are all facts here.
All major wars have been based on economic concerns. World War I can be explained by a quote from English economist John A. Hobson, which states, "Unlimited competition for expanding markets would lead to a global conflict." In other words, this is economic imperialism. World War II can be attributed to economic imperialism on the behalf of Adolf Hitler, among other concerns. Why are we in Albania and Nigeria today? Because they have all sorts of natural resources we are eager to consume.
The reason why light sweet crude is over $100 per barrel today is because of supply concerns and chaos in the Middle East. OPEC controls the supply of crude to the world, thus they can keep the price high if they want no matter what we do to secure oil. But what the United States government believes is that it's better to pay more for oil than not have any crude whatsoever. To quote Brian Woodman from the film Syriana, "It's running out, it's running out. This is a fight to the death." We are running out of cheap extraction techniques and moving to more expensive means to extract oil due to the fact the many fields are drying up. Moreover, with the growth of China and their rapid demand increase for crude, even less is available to us.
Hence why we don't like China, why we are in Iraq, and why we support Israel in bombing various sites in Lebanon (this is a whole other issue that I won't get into right now). It's all about
light sweet crude, Vinni, the most important and sought after natural resource.
Americans need to realize this and stop believing that George W. Bush's war on Iraq was in the kindness of our good hearts.
Saddam tried like hell to get nukes, he continued to attack our planes patrolling the "no fly zone", broke every UN sanction that ended the war and wouldnt let the UN nuclear inspectors check to see if he wasnt planning another nuclear program (Israel destroyed their last attempt at starting a reactor)
facts Andrew...FACTS
No, those are not facts. That's what the US government wants you to believe, but there was never any evidence of weapons of mass destruction being built or stored by Iraq since the turn of the century. Not even one Uranium enriching device was found.
By the way, the UN inspectors came out and said Iraq gave them full access to their facilities.
then make your last video, strap a bomb to yourself, and do something about it
Unnecessary. Unlike you, I don't think we should have a part in deciding the fate of land that isn't ours.
And I guess I'm a terrorist now. Sweet, thanks for that.