I live in England. Maybe it's a bigger shock to me because i'm better informed than the vast majority of Americans, and was under the impression that the real reason for the conflict was securing Iraqi oil and maintaining the petro dollar. That clearly isn't the case now though.
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As some would say... you assume way too much to be as close minded as you have come across since ya got here. And needless to say have you ever thought that you may be "shocked" because youre misguided/and misinformed?