quote:Originally posted by Mr.Dittohead:
Its all about the oil. If the USA were interested in humanitarian issues, we would have intervened in Sudan 10 years ago. Oil rules all.
This is true, but it's a bit of a catch-22. People say that in order for us to intervene in a foreign country we must first have some stake or vested interest in the intervention, otherwise we are nation-building and imposing our will on sovereign nations.
OK, but let's be realistic - the only real stake, or if not "only" then definitely the overwhelming primary stake that we have in that region of the world is our dependence on their oil. So when we have a vested interest, and that "stake" is oil, the very same people scream "IT'S JUST ABOUT THE OIL!!!!".
So if it's not about the oil, that's bad and we are imposing our morality through force and/or we are nation-building imperialists. But if it is about the oil, then that's bad too b/c we are greedy, selfish and generally immoral consumers who want to rape and pillage the earth for more resources that we can exploit.
It seems there is no way to satisfy the crowd who are simply opposed to the US military, and/or the US in general.