What's the point of declaring war on terrorism

Originally posted by DeviousJ:
Everything's oil - it sounds so cliched, which is a problem since it's a very real issue. When do we start to run out of oil? Isn't it in the next 20 years? There's going to be a major shift in power, and the only way for the west to maintain the status quo is to make subservient states of any country with valuable resources. Adios to freedom and democracy

oooooh mr. informant

heh, fuckin fool. tell us something we dont know.
go on...ive set you up, go for the kill you pathetic fuck!

Originally posted by nevermind:
oooooh mr. informant

heh, fuckin fool. tell us something we dont know.
go on...ive set you up, go for the kill you pathetic fuck!

I'm surprised you even bother to get out of bed

Oh, and by the way, with the help of the new powers that be in Kabul, the pipeline contract is now back in business. Hooray.

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Originally posted by 13:
Oh, and by the way, with the help of the new powers that be in Kabul, the pipeline contract is now back in business. Hooray.

I, for one, am shocked

Originally posted by DeviousJ:
Everything's oil - it sounds so cliched, which is a problem since it's a very real issue. When do we start to run out of oil? Isn't it in the next 20 years? There's going to be a major shift in power, and the only way for the west to maintain the status quo is to make subservient states of any country with valuable resources. Adios to freedom and democracy

I can't help but question how much its about oil. Don't we get the majority of our our supply from Canada and Mexico (neither of have any chance of running out of oil or turning against us).

David

For the record,I live in NYC. I think the "war on terrorism" is fucking stupid. You can't change the way people think. People hate Americans because we tend to be arrogant fucks in the political world "our way, or we'll bomb you". It's really not a great global policy in my opinion. There will always be anti-american sentiments in the world, regardless of who we kill. It will only make the hatred stronger. I'm not saying that we should have done nothing after 9/11... but bombing the fuck out of Afghanistan wasn't the right thing to do. All we need to do is kill Osama to make him Jesus Christ in the eyes of every person who follows him- and we'll have human bombs going off in the subways and on the buses, just like Israel. The media is telling us that security is being beefed up- bull fucking shit. These people are still being let into this country, they are still bring weapons with them. Homeland security my ass. I'm moving to Canada.

Originally posted by if there is a llama:
I can't help but question how much its about oil. Don't we get the majority of our our supply from Canada and Mexico (neither of have any chance of running out of oil or turning against us).

David

It's not just about having a supply of oil - the US has good reserves, although as resources dwindle the Middle East will be increasingly important as a provider of energy supplies. Oil is also hard currency, oil corporations are the richest in the world, and they contribute to western economy. You control oil, you control the industrialized world.