We want Iraq much more than they want us.

So...now the neo-cons say we're down to two options? Stay the course or cut and run? I'll match the grandiose idealism of the neo-cons and even raise the bar. Let's purify our motives...or get out now.

U.S. motives are compromised. We profess Iraqi democracy, yet our motives remain obviously clouded by Iraqi oil and "strategic location".

This is simple truth.  We want what is best for us...and we profess it SO loudly.

Isn't this the gloating neo-con mantra? Lording the primacy of the United States over the rest of the globe?

So, surprise, many Iraqis simply don't trust us so close to their oil. They have good reason. After all, we don't trust THEM with it either.

Look at Venezuela. Disobedience and oil don't mix. We know what's best for everyones oil. So quick, before the Latin American dominos tumble, send in the assassins. What pathetic little oil junkies we've become.

No solution will be effective as long as Iraqis believe our strategic interests outweigh theirs. The Iraqis barely trust each other, we expect them to trust us?  

It's no secret. We want Iraq much more than they want us.

•  Correct

  the Iraqi people aren't stupid.

  in fact given the Arab oil embargo which happened thirty years ago, I'm confident they look at us as being rather stupid for not deeloping an alternative energy source in that thirty year period.

  instead, the so called "green" Clinton administration sat back and did nothing while the big three auto makers cranked out even larger and more consumptive gas guzzlers for U.S. consumers.

  but this is all academic.

  the point is the Iraqi's know they have enormous leverage over U.S. corporations who clearly want to get their hands on those phat oil reserves under Kirkuk and in the southern region of Iraq.

  and Grand Ayatollah al Sistani knows it, too. the U.S. is now his bitch and will remain so until every last drop is refined into ever expensive gasoline.

  by Superpole on Sun Aug 28, 2005 at 03:12:51 PM PDT