Pontious. Ok, but did the US forces first secure the Oil Ministry for any certain reason? If that information is quite accurate and complete (not 'heavily filtered' by biased media), I'm just curious whether there was critical info there as to how the pipelines could be protected or operated. That petroleum might be, potentially, the main source of revenue for the long-suffering Iraqi people. But my info consists of a provincial newspaper (also sometimes the "NY Times"), NBC news and Pprune, thanks to all of y'all.
It is hard for me to believe that so many troops all went to the Iraqi Oil Ministry and were ordered to avoid hospitals and waterworks etc. In the movie "The Road Warrior", one of my favorites, this was the true focus for everyone (I really 'like' the blond warrior princess with the bow and arrow-maybe lust is more accurate...). The media seems to almost never mention the hundreds of Iraqi schools repaired/built by Allied forces, or is this stated anywhere very often?
It would be wonderful if all the troops were brought home, but what evidence is there that the country can operate itself? Billions (Milliards) of Euros might have to be spent first. Why would the imported and domestic terrorists allow a democratic govt to function in Iraq? No democracies have ever existed in that part of the world, outside of Israel. Maybe democracies are not welcome anywhere else?
