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Posted: **Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:57 pm**

"I'm saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows -- the Iraq war is largely about oil,"

And it's also being admitted in Australian circles:

"The Howard Government has today admitted that securing oil supplies is a factor in Australia's continued military involvement in Iraq.

Defence Minister Brendan Nelson said today oil was a factor in Australia's contribution to the unpopular war, as "energy security" and stability in the Middle East would be crucial to the nation's future.

Speaking ahead of today's key foreign policy speech by Prime Minister John Howard, Dr Nelson said defence was about protecting the economy as well as physical security."

Link

Bit of shock there.

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:45 am**

In other news, scientists have discovered that water is wet.

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:18 pm**

Exactly. This is why we should be drilling in ANWAR. Good thing we've seen a boon in oil coming into the US since the invasion, eh? Imagine how high gas prices would be without the war. Excellent points that have been made.

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:05 am**

Time to examine the Kissenger Doctrine, which, after loads of rolling bullshit suggests that the goal is not to end a war but to promote and maintain it.

Wake the fuck up...if not now, when?

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:13 pm**

you mean to tell me that if the area was nothing more than a worthless pile of sand inhabited by a few thousand bedouin camel fukkers, we wouldn't be there?

color me shocked.

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:50 pm**

This thread deserves to bumped ahead of that other shit Greenspan thread.

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:59 pm**

smackaholic wrote:you mean to tell me that if the area was nothing more than a worthless pile of sand inhabited by a few thousand bedouin camel fukkers, we wouldn't be there?

color me shocked.

Haven't you heard about the silicon shortage?

Sand may soon be more valuable than oil.

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:27 pm**

This shit thread deserves to bumped ahead of that other shit Greenspan thread.

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:28 pm**

Goober McTuber wrote:This shit thread deserves to bumped ahead of that other shit Greenspan thread.

what he said

Posted: **Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:21 pm**

This thread's assessment is much more "on target".

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:17 am**

This Greenspan thread war is sheer madness.

Posted: **Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:50 am**

This thread has far more dignity.

Posted: **Thu Sep 20, 2007 12:58 am**

Dr_Phibes wrote:This thread has far more dignity.

Agreed.

Posted: **Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:41 pm**

Fascinating topic.

Posted: **Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:20 pm**

Dignity. Here and NOW!

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