[cheerfulgreek]

I think the 1st Iraqi war is obvious. Oil. The second war according to George Bush is based on a war on terror. Ever since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001, the Bush administration has used a battle metaphor, the global war on terror, which to me is an intangible thing. Bush went from a war on terror, to weapons of mass destruction, to mission accomplished. The people we were fighting then are not the same people we're fighting now. You just can't go into a country, destroy a government (at least not in an Arab country) and put in a government that is supportive to the U.S. and expect that government to stand. Bush is trying to set up a puppet government, and this is what makes him such an idiot. If our troops leave now, the government that's in place is going to have to fight to keep control. The reason why the "Surge" has worked, is because it forced the opposition to flee. If you put the best army in mass into any area, the opposition is going to be defeated. Once we leave, they're going to come back. I could be wrong, but this is just my opinion.