you still did not check the definition of "sarcasm", did you ?

Would be nice if you weren't dreaming.....This is what your headline would read with that mindset:

"This idiot thought that ex-felons don't have guns, wasn't worried, and got shot and killed in his home."[/size]

Hey, I personally would LOVE to own the firearms GS does, especially the one that shall remain nameless.

As for the oil stuff, GS, you can occupy a country economically and keep a light presence militarily. Which is pretty much what we're planning to do. Another couple of the reasons Iraq hasn't begun leaking oil like a sieve yet is because the saudis wouldn't like it cutting into their business, and we like the saudis remember? Also, the Iraqi resistance fighters keep blowing the damn pipelines up. But that's ok for now, this oil isn't meant for use today, it's meant for use 5-10 years from now when the oil situation gets really tough.

The other major reason the bush administration attacked Iraq was to provide a forward operating base for the middle east. Israel just wouldn't cut it if we needed to stage major military operations in the area and the saudis weren't even that excited about letting us in for the first gulf war.

In sum, the major objectives were to secure Iraqi oil reserves by installing a government that will be sympathetic to the US; and to provide a staging area for a large military force, should we ever need it. I honestly believe a lesser goal was to spread democracy to the middle east though it was not a major motivating factor.