Can someone explain to me what there is to "win" in Iraq?

[devilgrrl]

I ask because I can't think of anything but their oil.

[malaise]

1. I can't think of anything but their oil.

That's everything and don't forget those two lovely rivers.

[Bucky]

9. Ground. A place to stage future threats from. And enough open sky to hold neocon egos.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. .......and we haven't gotten a drop of that...............

[Bucky]

10. Actually about 75% of oil leaving thru the Strait of Hormuz goes to China & India

We get our oil from Nigeria, Canada, Mexico, and Venezuela. The point of controlling Iraq's oil is about who drills it, not who buys it.

[treestar]

3. Good question. What does * mean by "win?"

When is the Mission Accomplished?

[arcane1]

4. $$$$$ MONEY!!!!!!! $$$$$

but not for us, of course

[mike_c]

5. nothing at all....

eom

[Kashka-Kat]

6. Not a d*mn thing - they intended only to occupy region indefinitely, install the 14 permanent

military bases, control the oil, and install a puppet government.

Mission accomplished. Issue should be framed in terms of not win-lose, but the legitimacy of continuing the occupation...

[twilight_sailing]

8. That's it.

[leveymg]

7. A thriving market for US-made pine coffins

Stay the Course

[hvn_nbr_2]

11. No-bid contracts. nt

[H2O Man]

12. "I can't think of anything but theie oil...."

That fits with VP Cheney' too ... though in the opposite way from you.