8-27-06 Comparable Magnitude
Way back on December 11, 1941, the United States congress declared war on Germany. That war concluded on May 7, 1945. That's 1,244 days.
On March 19, 2003, the US military invaded Iraq. This weekend, we're still counting the days and we're up to 1,267 now. Gee! That's more days than it took to squash Nazi Germany!
This coming december, we'll surpass the time it took to defeat Japan, as well.
Is the "Iraq War" of comparable magnitude to World War II? Well, obviously, it's not the same kind of conflict. At this point, really, I think the purpose of invading Iraq has been to keep the oil from flowing out of that country. It's just a trick, y'see...
As long as the oil doesn't flow out of Iraq and into the world market, the supply side of the equation can be kept down by just enough to keep the price of crude oil high. I mean, Dubya's an "oil man", and you've got Cheney and Rumsfeld and Rice, all coming out of the oil industry... do we need a rocket scientist to explain the motives behind keeping the "Iraq War" going on and on and on?
What more can I say? Well, maybe referring back to an earlier post...
http://ka1ogm.blogspot.com/2006/06/6-27-06-quote-of-decade.html
...which is simply the following:
"We are supposed to believe that the US and Britain would have liberated Iraq even if its main export was pickles."
- Noam chomsky
On March 19, 2003, the US military invaded Iraq. This weekend, we're still counting the days and we're up to 1,267 now. Gee! That's more days than it took to squash Nazi Germany!
This coming december, we'll surpass the time it took to defeat Japan, as well.
Is the "Iraq War" of comparable magnitude to World War II? Well, obviously, it's not the same kind of conflict. At this point, really, I think the purpose of invading Iraq has been to keep the oil from flowing out of that country. It's just a trick, y'see...
As long as the oil doesn't flow out of Iraq and into the world market, the supply side of the equation can be kept down by just enough to keep the price of crude oil high. I mean, Dubya's an "oil man", and you've got Cheney and Rumsfeld and Rice, all coming out of the oil industry... do we need a rocket scientist to explain the motives behind keeping the "Iraq War" going on and on and on?
What more can I say? Well, maybe referring back to an earlier post...
http://ka1ogm.blogspot.com/2006/06/6-27-06-quote-of-decade.html
...which is simply the following:
"We are supposed to believe that the US and Britain would have liberated Iraq even if its main export was pickles."
- Noam chomsky
posted by Jeff Barnard at 10:52 AM
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