The only time I have seen/heard him say anything either way was from a Howard Stern interview years ago and he was lukewarm.Yes, because hes made it a big deal. “I’ve always been against the Iraq war” has been what he’s been advertising about himself for a year…over, and over and over again. If its something that we shouldn’t be making a big deal out of , then he also shouldn’t be making a big deal out of it
I thought he made a good point that if we kept control of the oil, ISIS wouldn’t have had that wealth to take control. Nature abhors a vacuum and someone was going to step in, probably the biggest and baddest.However, nothing made my blood run cold as much as his claim that the U.S. should have “taken” Iraq’s oil because “to the victor belongs the spoils.” .
Taking ISIS oil is about stopping the flow, and the money they receive.Yeah, that was downright weird. I guess he thinks anything is allowed in warfare.
He wasn’t talking about Isis, though. He was talking about Iraq post-Sadam Hussein.Taking ISIS oil is about stopping the flow, and the money they receive.
It’s taking it away from them, not ‘for the USA’
Shutting down oil production is a smart strategic move.
He said we should have ‘taken’ the oil, as in, before getting out of there. He’s basically saying we should have raped Iraq of its natural resources because that’s why countries fight wars. As for colonialism, it’s wrong because people have a basic right to control their own destinies. In the old days we defended colonialism on the grounds that the people being colonized weren’t up to the task of running their own countries because they were racially inferior to white Europeans, but now that’s seen as racist and therefore invalid.I thought he made a good point that if we kept control of the oil, ISIS wouldn’t have had that wealth to take control. Nature abhors a vacuum and someone was going to step in, probably the biggest and baddest.
Besides, if you cause a war, you should pay for it. IF you vandalize your neighbor’s home, you pay for it. If you cause an accident. You pay for it. IF your dog bites someone, you pay for it. Why shouldn’t a country pay for the loss they caused?
But then again, I don’t know why colonialization is wrong. History shows that those areas colonized are financially better off now than other countries. My son said his history prof whispered privately to him that it was good for the colonized country but he would deny saying it because you’re punished for having free thought in college, no matter how educated or factually based.