Originally Posted by
Chip
3) Pull out of afghanistan, never get involved in a war about gas or oil again, and cut the defence budget by 75% and use the money to find and prosecute benefit fradusters, we need some defenses, but nothing like what we have, we have no natural enemies likely to invade us anyway, so all we need is to meet the minimum requirements to stay part of NATO etc.
OK, I'm gonna pick on this one. How did we get into a war for gas and oil? That's not what they told us it was about? What was the catalyst for invading such a mineral rich country?