defense budget and mercs:
my understanding is that corporate interests get taxpayer dollars to help defend those interests via mercs.
we have over 140,000 troops over there and no-one can say reliably how many thousands more in mercs guarding everything from oil wells to our soldiers bases.
supafly:
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They do genuinely hate us. But it is not for political reasons, or just bitter vengeance; it is religious.
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comeon bud.. that's only a fraction of the fighting.. religious fundamentalism is present and used as a TOOL by those wielding that flute.. the other folks fighting have a problem with an OCCUPATION and corporate THEFT of oil contracts(foriegn companies being brought in for reconstruction etc. Many others will join in (the enemy of my enemy is my friend sometimes yaknow) because as in palestine they have seen thier towns and loved ones shot up and bombed to hell. We have fueled the fire with gasoline.. i think religion is a solid 30% of the reason people are fighting but not much more.
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