re: #641 Cato the Elder

1. Why do you think we invaded Iraq? It wasn’t about oil, it wasn’t about WMD, it was always (strategically speaking) about a forward base in the Middle East. That’s what empires do: place their forces where they’re needed.

Hold on there tiger.

We already had a forward base in the region. Saudi Arabia. From the first Gulf war. And Kuwait. It’s why Bin Laden got so pissed off.