Why are we really in Iraq?

I tend to side with the school of thought that sees Iraq as purposeful ONLY if it is designed to diminish the power and credibility of the US on the world stage because if it is really just ineptitude and greed driving the train then there are some pretty stupid people in positions of power.

Nothing in this is as it seems. The conspiracy theorists advocating NWO-Global Dominance do not, to me anyway, seem so far-fetched now. This is driven solely by greed but greed shared primarily with the happy few.

Whatever best serves the oil business and defense contractors will determine policy going forward and nothing else--not public sentiment, not "American values"--only greed. Policy will be dictated to enhance the power and wealth of those "already" powerful and wealthy, irregardless of wherever they may currently live.

Money talks, shit walks. Sad, very sad. But true.

Much of the pretext for attack is manufactured; the primary motive is oil and strategic control of the area. Oil is why we are in Iraq. It is the reason we went (everything else was a floating smorgasbord of bull shit--what reason can I give today?) and it is the reason we stay. Without the economic variables none of this makes any sense.

It is ALL about the oil because the oil means huge sums of money for the select happy few. Plus the defense BUSINESS is booming AND it also serves as a pretext for American leaders to eliminate all those pesky Iraqis who just take up space and use valuable resources.

This is a very cold-blooded war and there is no ethical/moral position that I can see for justifying American involvement in Iraq. It serves no purpose other than satisfying corporate greed and global imperialistic motives.

No one should discount the problems in Iraq nor the fact that soldiers on the ground are doing their best. An argument can be made that American soldiers are helping keep Iraqis safe from physical attack. I think it more likely that our presence is actually dangerous to the average Iraqi. There have been over a half MILLION people killed in Iraq and the country internally, from most reports, is not shall we say in an ideal place.

Soldiers have talked of saving Iraqi children and women from attack and that is a very noble thought.

However--As to individuals being raped or beaten or kids being in shit situations, we could make a case here in California for parts of LA or Oakland fitting that profile and some positive intervention would work perhaps even better here.

But there are no oil fields in downtown Oakland and no money to be made defending Oakland from San Jose. That is the issue.

I absolutely support the men and women doing the dirty work in Iraq. They are doing their job and have little or no say in how and why they do what they do and EVERYBODY in America should appreciate what foot soldiers are doing and the sacrifices they make and the bullshit they put up with.

Soldiers and Sailors and Marines and Airmen and women are doing what they are being asked to do, for their family, for their ideals of what is noble and good, for their brothers and sisters in the trenches. All good, ALL GOOD.

I just think the leaders (and by leaders I don't mean politicians, either) behind this are fucking everybody because they want (a) money and (b) acquiescence from the masses.

The American Army and other service branches are being used to line somebody's pockets and I, personally, think that is both a waste and a tragedy for all front-line soldiers.

Do you see some fat cat republican giving up his family for years on end to do this? No, but front line soldiers are stuck thousands of miles from home with no control as to how they can keep things together back home. This is not fair to them; it only serves the elite few—and fucks the rest.

Money makes THIS world go round. As far as solving problems, the question to ask is this?: is it solved, does it look like it will ever be solved?

The people at the top pulling the strings are not thinking about what is good for Iraq or good for the majority of Americans, either.They are thinking with their dick and their dick, in this case, is green and foldable and likes to hang out in Swiss Banks or sip champagne in the Cayman Islands.

The idea of "we the people"—the collective "idea" of nobility and fairness and openness to all—is being kicked to the curb. The average American has no say at all as to how the US should do business with the rest of the world. The concept of a free Democratic society in which the thoughts of the collective matter, that concept is being abolished. Orwell rules the day, Jefferson and Madison are dead.

This isn't your grandfather's America any more.

Again--MONEY talks and that is the ONLY voice you hear in Iraq. All the rest are details; the motivation driving the train is money--oil, guns, land, strategic postions.

Money makes the WORLD GO ROUND.