Is oil the real reason the U.S. won't leave Iraq?

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If so, why don't they just say it. "We're not leaving because we want that oil."

[acmavm]

1. Oil is the number one reason. But then there's blivet's

knowledge that his Daddy will go down in history as being a better and smarter pResident than him. Poopy knew better than to go into Baghdad.

[onehandle]

2. We're not leaving because Bush lost his keys in the sand.

Happened when he took the plastic turkey.

Thousands are dying so that Bush can get his precious keychain with the bottle opener on it back.



It's possible!

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7. That's funny!

[TomInTib]

3. Oil and strategic location. nt

[BurtWorm]

4. That's one reason.

There's also the matter of the multibillion-dollar palatial Embassy/Spy Center, probably already loaded with state-of-the-art surveillance and communications technology.

[valerief]

5. Need the war to decimate the Constitution and maintain control. nt

[leftofthedial]

6. We're not leaving until the neocons get whatever it is they want

and that will take generations