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Originally Posted by TheIglu  I sure hope so.
In the meantime, OBL is still on the loose and nobody seems to be invading any countries to get THAT taken care of.
I don't think we should pack up and leave. I do think that countries like Spain and England need to step it up and handle the situation. They were attacked too.
Oil company profits?
Take a class in economics (or 3, but trust me, it'll be dry and boring) and realize that the profits the oil COMPANIES (yes, they are businesses, in BUSINESS to make MONEY) are making a VERY reasonable profit.
I was referring to oil prices and the economy dominating the concerns of the American voters over Iraq or the war on terror. I was not trying to link Iraq with oil prices.
Rich, if we (as in the oil companies) drilled for oil in Alaska, who would buy the oil? Let's look at it this way: If you could sell the oil for CHEAP to Americans because they refuse to pay high prices for it or sell it to the rest of the world who is paying market rate, who would you sell to?
The US government is not, should not and hopefully will never be a utility provider. Have you seen what it has done with other government regulation? Farming? Healthcare? Welfare? Taxes?
The government is NOT our babysitter, waiting to swoop in to make everything better anytime we are the slightest bit inconvenienced. If we spent 1/4 of the money spent on the Iraq war up until now on alternative energy research AND hunting OBL, I'm willing to bet that we'd be on a path that would be much easier to "stay the course" with. |
OBL may be on the loose but is that figure head the real concern? We do have Troops in Afganistan, we are looking for him.
It is the old "needle in a Haystack" and I think we are more concerned about stability in the region than we are going after someone's head (hence leaving Saddam in Power after the first Gulf War)
I agree others should step up! Let's here more of that rather than "We need to drop everything and run".
I am not an economics person (i hate math) so I will defer to you, BUT the American people are indifferent, sure they bitch and moan about the price of gas but they will pay what they have to to drive their Big trucks and other luxuries (motorcycles, boats, owning 2 cars etc)
Maybe the sky rocketing gas prices will help auto makers realize they need to make more fuel effiecent vehicles or we all need to start looking at alternative fuels.