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Originally Posted by DiamondDave  Should we probably accept Georgia into the NATO alliance and possibly send troops for 'support'? I would not be against such a thing. Would be be justified? Yes indeed... but the situation is not nearly the same as Iraq (and no, idiot, Iraq was not about oil no matter how much you keep chanting that bogus slogan)... |
It sure did have a lot to do with securing the petrodollar. Obviously it wasn't about "stealing oil", so to speak, but we had a huge economic interest in changing the regime.