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Old 08-10-2014, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post
Add to that the fact that we only get about 13% of our oil from the Persian Gulf and nearly 3/4 of that from Saudi Arabia and the argument that we are involved because of oil quickly goes down the drain.

We went into Iraq and got rid of Saddam Hussein. How did that help us in terms of oil?
We invaded Iraq because Iraq was a threat to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.