So much things I want to do during Spring Break, so little time left (time sure does fly quickly.)

[oxymoron_moron]

I’ve wanted to do so much on my spring break, but I worked this on the 3 most vital days of guaranteed entertainment from the beginning of my break (this past Sat-Mon.) My spring break is over on Tuesday, 5 more days, & I haven't been doing much but working, school-related work, & now, lazily lounging around. I worked through Calle Ocho (a huge,

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[amp23]

Bush financed the invasion with the future oil profits from Iraq's fields. Combine that and the obscene amount of money going into contractors pockets for bribes and pocket lining and it wil be years before Iraqi oil turns a profit the US can use.

the invasion wasn't about lower gas prices, it was about mobilizing billions to keep the economy from collapsing like the house of cards it is.

afterall, the first Gulf War saw gas go from .88 per gallon before to 1.50 per gallon after and it never went back down, even when the US was buying all the oil that came out of there...

[oxymoron_moron]

Thanks for the info. I especially didn't know about the 88 cents to $1.50 jump. I mean, I knew the invasion was due in part to Bush's personal oil interests, but I thought it was more of a distraction from not finding Osama, since many Americans are easily fooled by politics, & also I thought it was b/c he was trying to pick up where daddy left off. There's probably a lot more conspiracy behind it then we'll ever know, but whatever.

[amp23]

picking up where daddy left off and distracting from osama are definitely involved. most wars have a number of simultaneous issues involved, mobilizing cash to keep the economy afloat is just one facet of the things involved.

other issues would be permanent bases from which to dominate the middle east, keeping iraqi oil trade in dollars instead of euros (which saddam tried to switch to before the invasion), and sending the message to other dictators that if they behave in a way the US doesn't like, the US has the will to step in and mess them up.

and even that only scratches the surface of the things going on behind the invasion.

[oxymoron_moron]

Damn, I had no clue on the euro vs. dollar issue either. My my you're filled with a plethora of information. Kudos to you.

[amp23]

i have far too much time on my hands and find politics/science/religion more interesting than video games or fiction :)