>> we didn't go there for the oil in the first place.
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>What was the reason?
Oil is a part of it, but not the the way you may think.
Read Jos Pols comment on this thread. He explains it more clearly then I ever could.
The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.
- Alexis de Tocqueville
No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
– Mark Twain (1866)