SNIP
>>Afghanistan was attacked AFTER provocation and when the Taliban refused to turn over the self-admitted aggressor Osama (Usama in U.S. military) Bin Laden and his henchmen.
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>Which leads to this point: if we were really after oil, why would we go into Afghanistan?

C'mon, Chris, it's not a "one excuse fits all" kind of thing!
You had your excuse for Afghanistan, supported by the world. What's the excuse for Iraq right now...because it doesn't act exactly as President Bush wishes????

There's a world of difference.