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Originally Posted by hatedbythemail
it could of course be argued that the us's intervention in particular was to line their own pockets.
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Yes
some people may suggest that without looking at the costs of the war, and the political backlash that it has caused, you're right,
some people might suggest it was all about oil and making america rich, despite it being estimated to take 10 years and several billion dollars to get Iraqi oil production up to the 1990 level, sure,
some people might suggest it.
But then
some people might also suggest the moon is made of cheese.
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Originally Posted by hatedbythemail
not a terribly helpful analogy though is it. ok, you cant swim and can choose to be thrown into a paddling pool or a lake. which would you choose? they're both water. ;-)
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I'd rather be thrown into the paddling pool as it's "not much" of a lake
