Benefits of the Iraq war

So I'm sure people would love to know what benefits we've made after 5 years of war and
billions of dollars spent on the war have gained us. According to NCPA.org, "When postwar oil markets stabilize, the price of oil could drop back to around $20 a barrel -- saving the U.S. economy $55 billion to $60 billion a year." Once gas prices are down to 20$ a barrel, the world's oil reserves will be depleted quicker, thus economists fail to take this into accord. The principle of supply and demand can only work if there is a certain supply, if everyone is buying oil at 20$ a barrel, then more will be sold and thus less will be in the ground. On the upside, economies all over the world as well as in the US will be strengthened by cheaper oil, why? because in many foreign countries the people pay an arm and a leg just to fill up a tank.

A Couple reasons why we are at war:according to Foreign Policy.org

Check out the Link, basically it underlines all of the Bush administration's leaders and their own reasons and justifications for going to war with Iraq.

Former President Gereld Ford disagrees with the War in Iraq

Even a Former President Gerald Ford cannot contain his opinion of the Iraq War, he believes that war is much too drastic a measure and tha sanctions should have been pressed harder rather than war. Ford recalls Donald Rumsfeld who served under him only years before and is critical towards his quick decisions in going to war. Ford does believe that Saddam was a bad man and needed to be removed, but invasion was the wrong choice. If a former president is questioning why we are in a country halfway across the world shouldn't Americans have cause for alarm?

Iraq Budget

$527,972,828,706 dollars have been spent so far during the Iraq war, as previously said in one of my earlier posts, all of this money going towards the 'war effort' has had no effect on America's current security status. In fact, according to General Patreus, the Iraq war has Not made the US safer, if the government is spending $527,972,828,706, shouldn't we not only FEEL safe, but BE safe as well, hypothetically if i were spending $527,972,828,706 dollars on security i want to know that no one is going to be able to even come close to touching me. We as Americans need to question, why, if the government is spending so much money, can we not feel safe, why are we investing so much money into a war when our educational system is laughable to other nations and not every citizen can afford health care.

Iraq War Waste of Human Life

Since the beginning of the Iraq War, no less than 4037 US soldiers have been killed, only 3296 of which died in actual combat. Since the War began 1,199,782 Iraqis have been killed, and this is civilians alone. Why exactly is America in this war one would ask, in my previous blogs I've explored the idea that perhaps America is in this war for Economic benefit. What economic benefit could possibly be worth 1,199,782 Iraqi's lives with 4037 American lives on top of that, coming down to a grand total of 1,203,819 dead on both sides, and this is just Iraqis and American alone, with the coalition's 309 troops and actual Iraqi soldiers killed in this war, which i cannot find numbers for. 1,203,819 dead for what reason, for 'democracy'? for influence? for what?

Oil in Iraq

According to this short article by global policy.org, Iraq has the second largest oil reserves in the world. Because Iraq nationalized oil in 1972, the US and UK were left out of any oil-based treaties, thus creating a motive for American aggression in Iraq.
"The US has threatened to withhold funding as well as financial and military support if the law does not soon pass." Clearly the US has long had an interest in Iraqi oil and refuses to be stopped by it's own puppet government in Iraq. Because the US now controls Iraq and it's government, oil prices still remain comparatively cheap here in the US, whearas in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe oil prices are high, and still rising. In some pacific nations, people have to pay as much as $8.00 per gallon, given deflation of their currency to US standards, that is A LOT of money to simply fill up a gas tank. Is this freedom and liberty for all? or merely a capitalist F*$# the rest of the world attitude? The world is eating out of the hands of
rich oil companies around the world, my solution:Convert to a different energy source, fight back against greedy money-grabbing politicians and oil companies, vegetable oil is not only cheaper to produce, but it is more efficient and better for the environment.

General Patraeus cannot answer a simple question

General Patraeus simply could not answer a senator's question; Is America safer because of the Iraq war?

3 days ago the Supreme general of American forces in Iraq could not answer a question, whether America is safer because of the Iraq war, instead he gives a long, complex, and confusing answer instead of a simple yes or no. Why then, I ask does the army, and the white house hire such incompetent staff. If this man is unable to answer such a simple question, then how did he rise so high in rank. Personally I as an American don't feel
safe having an incompetent General, perhaps its his tactics why we are unable to achieve victory. Makes you wonder how exactly this man is in the strategy room, hypothetically if one of his officers were to ask him for a course of action, he wouldn't get such a clear answer as he would like.

The Iraq War, US Imperialism at work

The Iraq war (2003-present) was triggered March 2003 when America, in an act of Humanitarian Imperialism coupled with Economic Imperialism invaded Iraq. Although Humanitarian Imperialism is justified, Economic Imperialism, while simultaneously lying to the people who put the government in power and being an act of greed that most likely do worse before good. Within the following months most Iraqi resistance collapsed and Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi dictator and his sons who constantly violated human rights and brutally executed all opposition. Within the following years the US has been trying to set up a Democratic government and train Iraqi soldiers. Although taking Iraq was a quick process, pacification is impossible at this point because US attempts at setting up a puppet government that is sympathetic to US cause and US demand for crude oil have failed due to opposition by military groups, and anti-US sentiment throughout the middle east (and ultimately the world as well).

In my opinion, this entire war is a waste of not only American Soldier's lives, but also of billions of dollars of Tax Payer's money. Americans today aren't doing enough to protest a war we supposedly don't want any part of. Where are the Vietnam Peace protests? Where are the burning recruitment offices? Why are Americans funding a war on the other side of the world? I do sympathize with the Iraqi people under Saddam Hussein, but Invading a country with a false pretext just for a monopoly on Iraq's oil clearly isn't a good reason. I encourage Americans to stop paying their taxes, I encourage Americans to question the government's every move, We all MUST remember that the only reason this government is in power is because we the people allow them to be in power. Billions of dollars are being spent on a war that American Citizens disprove of. The government CANNOT keep spending billions of dollars a year in a war that isn't supported by it's own people. The United states are currently seeping into a state of recession, and schools across the country aren't receiving adequate funding, to the disadvantage of today's youth. You have to ask yourself, why is our defence budget spending 10X more than any of our potential enemies COMBINED. So far in the Iraq war alone, 4,032 American soldiers have lost their lives, fighting to prevent a CIA-trained Dictator from possessing "WMD's". C'mon America, together we can get our troops home, and get our government to stop meddling in the business of other countries, although as the global superpower America poses obligations towards weaker countries, war is not the way to go about "fixing" a third world country's situation.

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