Australia admits it : "We're staying in Iraq for oil"

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Of course their government is claiming it's not true. Watch the elections. I think a change is in order.
 
Well, seeing as the man who said this is the Defense minister...

It's more the prime minister trying to downplay it than the whole government clamoring "NOT TRUE!"
 
This is the first I've heard of it but, on the whole, not that surprising. The government has been promising to withdraw the troops for quite some time, but something always stops it. All I hear is "Stall-Tactic."
 
Well, honesty is the best policy, as they say.
 
Let's hope so, with John Howard having tried every other policy there is.
 
Well. Atleast my nutjob Australian classmates can see that America isn't the only country with a 'less than perfect' government.
 
And the Understatement of the Year award goes to: SUZU! For "Less than Perfect" regarding the Australian Government. ^.^
 
Australia is nuts! (no offense met. we are not in the war for oil. we are in the war to prevent our literal and metophorical asses from being nuked into F***ing oblivion)
 
Æsahættr said:
And the Understatement of the Year award goes to: SUZU! For "Less than Perfect" regarding the Australian Government. ^.^
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Bwaha xD I was trying to put it 'nicely'. I should've used 'Fucking nuts', really xD. Even though that's a bit of an understatement too.
 
exdeath64 said:
Australia is nuts! (no offense met. we are not in the war for oil. we are in the war to prevent our literal and metophorical asses from being nuked into F***ing oblivion)
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Yes, because inexistant WMDs are a grave threat to America.
 
I'm surprised - not by the revelation, but by their honestly. Never did I once thought they would admit they are there for the oil.
 
And what was he going to do with it (if he still had it)? Smoke it like dope. He didn't have any means of delivering it and even if he did he'd never get it past the no flyzones.

The only "wmd" I've heard about are buried relics from before the first gulf war. We've let to find the labs and factories Bush was yelling and screaming about.
 
exdeath64 said:
mustard gas is a wmd
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I was not aware he could "nuke your literal asses into fucking oblivion" with mustard gas.

Besides which, a single shell that was improperly stored does not count as evidence of anything except the desperation of some Bush-fans.
 
I'm impressed by the very honest approach as well, although sometimes honesty can be used for political benefit. Also pardon me for sounding slightly off topic though exdeath needs to do a podcast on this subject (and possible future debates). I tried to ask the TheRealMrSawyer if he would do one when he created his big abortion topic and he declined, and I think we have another great candidate lined up now. Again pardon me for sounding off topic.
 
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