"I need proof of this. Now if we took oil, how did we? Theres no reports of the US stealing oil, and don't say we weren't caught because taking oil all the way to America ain't easy. Also, how come our gas prices are so damn high if we took oil?"
BBC Reports: The panel, which also includes representatives from the IMF and the World Bank, expressed particular concern about how
large contracts paid out of Iraqi funds were given to US firms, such as the oil services group Halliburton.
And where do you think Iraqis got their "funds"? If you read my comment carefully you will see that I say "secured against the future sales of Iraqi oil on international market". No need to "take" anything anywhere.
Oil prices are high because the market buys ahead based on current information. Current information states that:
1. Current production is at its peak
2. Demand is growing faster than predicted
3. Iraq is not selling oil in the quantities expected
4. US was buying up oil to stock up national reserve
5. etc....
This is not a place for me to explain the international markets theory to you in greater detail.
"The majority of the insurgency is non-Iraqis."
This is simply not true. Yes, Bush may say it and the so-called experts in American (US) media may say this but its just bull. Here is some info for you: "insurgency itself is made up of 60 different, mostly autonomous, groups, and that Mr. Zarqawi - with just 200 loyalists, who have claimed some of the worst atrocities in Iraq in the past year - is a "fringe player." (
link). Also have a look
here<a/>. And here regarding the insurgency numbers. Foreign mujaheedin are a minority.
"Remember Al-Sadr's uprising with his 2,000 man militia?"
If Mr Sistani (the head Shia Cleric) calls for a defensive jihad all over Iraq - 60% of the population (ie Shia) will rise up and wipe the floor with American troops. Al-Sadr is a fly - 2000 man militia is nothing. A few million people, on the other hand.... You do the math.
"Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. The United Iraqi Alliance, which has VERY close ties to Iran, won the election. Their canidate for Prime Minister is Dr. Al-Jaafari, head of the Dawa Party, a Shi'ite religious Iraqi party which has strong ties in Iran. He is calling that Islam be the official religion of Iraq, and that it play a part in Iraq's goverment. Many belive, he might turn Iraq into an Islamic state. The only thing that can stop that is the Kurds, Sunnis, and Allawi."
Well that is actually not correct. Dr. Al-Jafaari is an exile who owes his position to the US and has done so for a very long time. While his party have links with Iran, they are veruntly nationalistic and are the supporters of "iraq for iraqi's" policy in this respect. You just have to see a couple of interviews with the imams and other elected officials - so they are not alligned with Iran. Islam being an official religion of Iraq is not the same as having an Islamic state - which Sistani already rejected. Many countries, like Italy, UK, Spain and others, have Christianity as official religion while not being religious Christian States. And no, Kurds, Sunnis or Allawi could not stop civil war if Shia wanted it. Of course they dont want it since the debaucle of elections (less than 1/5th of the population voting is now apparently called success) places them at the heart of power.
"Yes we have, cause now we might have let the Shi'ites create an Iran Jr"
Fat chance in hell of this happening. Just listen to Al-Sistani and his aides. They don't want a clerical state.
"You don't understand. There barely any oil comming out because insurgents keep hitting the piplines, we can't watch over the oil cause we're busy watching over the people."
I do understand. The more oil remains in Iraq now the more can be dealt with later when a trully representative Iraqi governent is elected and takes control. The less of it sold to International market at knock-down price the worse off the Iraqi people in the long run.