SkeLeton said:
If you guys are pissed with Irak, go alone, and suffer the consequences of fighting your war; You want it to be a World War? I guess you don't mind the fact that poor countries like mine have to suffer quite a lot when there is war. SPECIALLY BECAUSE OF OIL! Gas here is more or less 5 times more expensive than the US and the paychecks are an average of 5 times smaller (or more)
You have a per capita purchase parity of like US$33,000, here... on the 5,000 level....just a "little" difference....
Sorry for being a little rude, but it's good for you guys to get another POV....
1. The plan has always been to go alone. Everyone but the Brits will be there for show and tell and photo ops. The US and the UK will do the shooting and dieing on the allied side.
2. If it turns in to a wide spread conflict, so be it. We are doing the heavy lifting of democracy. What are you doing? Is Chile sending anybody to the fight. Are you personally coming to help? It is so easy to hide behind Ghandi's skirt. It takes zero courage to denounce violence without any personal risk.
If it turns into a world war I hope to become the US Occupation Governor of Chile due to my political connections. We'll talk then, you and I, in great detail.
3. The price of oil is almost the same for everyone everywhere if the rule of law is present. The only additional variable charges are a small percent for differing costs of transportation. You pay what you pay because your government wants it that way. Your Taxes are not my problem. Too damn bad for you. Suck it up and walk.
4. The fact that your paycheck sucks has ZERO to do with US foreign policy. Quit bitching - you have a freely elected government and the ability to control your own economic destiny. Because we have more makes me feel ZERO guilt. Someone somewhere always makes more. I'm not bitching about the Swiss, those rich bastards! Ok, maybe just a little.
4. Sorry to be rude, but you needed another POV also. You're going to find the world is full of bullies. Every now and then one needs to get his ass kicked as a object lesson to other potential bullies. This is the way of things
Violence - The great solver of problems.
