Why attack Christians?

Why is the US attacking Iraq and blowing up Iraqi cities when it was Afghani-based terrorists who attacked us?

Stupidity, opportunism, misplaced xenophonia (Christianity being primarily a Western religion, the religion of the invaders), religious hatred? Violent jerks looking for an excuse? I don't know.

 

Muslims don't need any additional excuses to murder Christians beyond that they are told to do so by their murderous prophet on behalf of their murderous god.

 

The offending cartoons in question.
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/698

But you already had posted a link.

Oops.

 

You guessed wrong.

Germany had declared war on the US December 11, 1941. Iraq, in contrast, had not declared war on the US until after we attacked it.

That's a creative memory you have. I never "whined" about that at all. In fact, I recall that it was the hawks who complained.

His son "completed the task"? As in "mission accomplished"? Seems to me his son created a bigger mess.

 

So what should we do there now? What kind of government should we impose? Or do you think we should force conversion as a condition of voting? Or simply kill all Moslems?

 

But it's their oil. You seem to be advocating thievery.

 

They would not have any benefit from "their" oil, if it were not for our investment and technology.

 

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Maybe and maybe not and it would still be their oil. If the U.S.A. has a lesson to learn out of all of this it would be not to set up these countries with two bit dictaters that get a little power crazy.

 

We wouldn't have "our" technology if we didn't use "their" mathematics (to extend a foolish argument).

Are you saying because the West has technology it should be able to steal the oil? Or, if not outright steal, sell the oil to itself at cut-rate prices? Seems to me that that attitude is part of the gripe the Middle East has against us.

 

Who steals oil? Last time I was at the pump, I paid for it. I also pay my gas bill every month. The old OBL argument that the West is stealing Arab oil is just plain ridiculous. As far as I'm concerned, they could just keep their oil in the ground and remain poor, which is exactly what they would be since that is the ONLY thing they have that is of any value to us at all - and we have paid and continue to pay dearly for it.

 

I'm saying that if western investors had not plowed tons of western money into the use of western technology to find and develop their oilfields, they would still be desert nomads. Nationalizing oil and natural gas fields (as Venezuala has done and continues to do) IS stealing from those who originally invested in it.

We are not stealing their oil; in fact, they are getting rich from each barrel of oil that comes out of the ground. And I don't see it as a silly argument -- wars have been fought over less.

 

Ps104_33 wrote,"We need to keep a balance of power there and not allow dictaters like Hussein and that clown in Iran get control over all the oil. I admit it. I am after the oil. We need it at this point. We need it to keep our economy strong until we 'break our addiction to foreign oil'".[emphasis mine]

I was asking for clarification of that view.

That's real good. I'm proud of you.

It's not a totally ridiculous argument, but I thought OBL's main complaint was Western decadence contaminating Middle Eastern godliness (but I admit I gave his videos a miss). That aside, haven't you yourself made the arguement that many of these wars are about oil?

 

Yes, I have made the argument that some of these wars are about oil. But US dominating the oil does not mean we are stealing it. We pay for it dearly in blood, national treasure, and we pay the host country for the oil (BTW, I was under the impression that Iraqi oil was going to pay for the war, but I guess I had the wrong impression), and we pay for the exploration, digging, and technology to get the oil out of the ground through what we pay at the pump.