[Killerdrgn]

Quote: Originally Posted by ming Iraq definitely served our interest because of the amount of oil they have. We want to make them democratic so we can get cheaper oil. If we were so great, we would be going into those poorer African countries who are killing each other. Those humanitarian funds are non-profit institutions, not the government. Are we talking about the government here or any institution? The Euro is not breaking down the dollar. If you understand finance, since the loan rate of the dollar (federal interest rate) goes down, the value of the dollar goes down. This is controlled by our OWN government. If the Euro's interest rate does not get lowered by the same amount, then the Euro is worth more. There are other factors as well, but I believe this is probably the biggest one.

actually if we wanted cheap oil we would have set up another friendly dictatorship. Has the highest cost to benefit ratio. Think of it, setting up a strongman dictator thats friendly to US interests and support him from afar with weapons and money as long as the oil is free flowing and cheap. Easy, and comparitively cheap compared to long term occupation. Heck we could sanction genocide too, so the guy could keep the peace and not worry about civil war.
Unfortunatly all we have is just another idiot in the office and a bunch of morons in the senate and house.