You are somewhat right, somewhat wrong, So-Cal.
Iraq does have roughly 10% of the world's known oil reserves... making it the second-largest oil producing country in the world, after Saudi Arabia. Venesuela also has near that amount (as far as Russia is concerned, last i heard the report was that the Russian government has no idea exactly how much oil is in the northern part of the country... it's too hard to approximate). There is a comparative amount of oil in Alaska and Texas combined, but much of the oil in Alaska is in protected wildlife preserves. Bush has tried passing bills to drill in these preservations, but Congress repeatedly shoots him down.
"Had the US under Bush-1 been more interested in oil we would have gone all the way to Baghdad. "
I think you're missing the point here. We are not trying to STEAL all the oil in Iraq; we merely want to ensure that we have access to the oil at a reasonable price, and that we can regulate what that price is. We could NEVER just "go all the way to Baghdad"... that would have the rest of the world up-in-arms and we would make many, many more enemies than just Iraq, the Tali-ban, N. Korea, and China then. The US is trying to control the world's oil market, not forcibly take over a country and make enemies out of most of the world.
And, yes, the media is "liberal," but it is "liberal" in the same sense of the word as the Democratic Party is "liberal," and Joe Lieberman is "liberal." They would still have the same agenda as the Republicans... they are two sides of the same coin. I don't like most Democrats much more than most Republicans. Ted Kennedy excluded
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And as far as being "Un-American?" I only want what's best for our country. Speaking out against something that I think is wrong does not make me un-American. A lot of protesters were called un-American in the late 1960s and early 1970s, yet now most government officials admit that Vietnam was a mistake. Funny how that works out, isn't it?
I don't think I'M the one mistaken in my perceptions.
and overkill, i agree with you completely. I could not bring myself to murder another human being.