Originally Posted by: 3rd_degreeburnSly, sad but true , your just a another foreign person who thinks we went to war for oil

I didn't say that , you brought the discussion about oil and money by mentioning big countries that opposed the war ... May be keeping their companies working in Iraq was a reason for this opposition , but for the other reasons , they were definitely proven right , and the US/UK were definitely proven wrong !

No WMDs or Nuke capabilities found anywhere in Iraq , no links to Alaqeda or whatever terror groups , Iraq's missiles wouldn't have reached europe in 45 min (in fact they wouldn't have reached europe at all).
All these claims were based on inteligence reports and investigations ... Fabricated reports ?? Yes, that's what I strongly believe , if you have another explanation , would you please enlighten us !

I don't believe that oil was the only reason for this war , but you can't deny it was one strong motivation .
Other reasons surely had something with imperialism & ensuring america's supremacy , and in the case of this right winged adminstration , may be racism against people who lives in this region (remember Abu-Ghoreib's prison scandal ?) ... During the investigation , it was clear that Rumsfield knew about it months before the scandal evolved , and he did nothing to stop it ... Also , most people believe that these actions were executed under permisssion or orders from high US millitary personnel .