QUOTE(jron @ Dec 13 2005, 03:08 PM)
What the hell do you think we are doing over there man? ;P
WOW! You think the US is getting the profit from the sale of oil pumped in Iraq right now...Holy shiaaate call 60 Minutes or Dateline. That is an outright lie and total misconception. The US IS rebuilding the infrastructure for oil, but Iraq and Iraq ALONE get the profit from the sale of oil. I mean seriously, USE your brain. Iran, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq itself, would be absolutely livid if the US was getting the money and NOT Iraq. Occupying a country until they can protect themselves has NOTHING to do with what happens when we leave. How will the US "control" the oil then? Oh wait, I know, we will implant a gov't that just gives us money for it....jebus people. Conspiracy theory!
Also, when Hitler was taken out of power, MANY Germans considered themselves to be WAY worse off, but that changed over time. Of course it chaos now in Iraq, but it will change over time. Doesn't mean Saddam should have stayed and saying the majority of people are upset is like saying the majority of 360s is defective...notice the excellent transition back to the 360.
EDIT: you must have also totally overlooked what Muammar Abu Minyar al-Qaddafi did as a DIRECT effect of Saddam losing power. The US got cooperation from a VERY hostile man without even stepping foot in Libya simply because he was afraid they would do the same to him as they did saddam. He freaking told the Italian premier, i believe that's what he is called, that's why he opened up his country.