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Re:50 Years Of Government Spending, In 1 Graph by aneth on Wednesday May 16, 2012 @11:35PM (#3985263)
This is a claim that requires some justification.

Gas in many countries is far cheaper than in the US, and the reason it is more expensive in others is heavy taxation and regulation, not lack of coercive negotiations.

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Re:50 Years Of Government Spending, In 1 Graph by aurelianito on Thursday May 17, 2012 @01:20AM (#3985561)
I'll bite. The second gulf war was officially called OIL (Operation Iraqi Liberation). See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoSBqs6y8uM and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq#Military_...
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Re:50 Years Of Government Spending, In 1 Graph by rickyconnolly on Thursday May 17, 2012 @04:06AM (#3985960)
It was called Operation Iraqi Freedom. OIF
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Re:50 Years Of Government Spending, In 1 Graph by aurelianito on Thursday May 17, 2012 @08:45AM (#3986689)
It was renamed as Operation Iraqi Freedom after the public relations nightmare it generated. Just look at the links I posted before.
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Re:50 Years Of Government Spending, In 1 Graph by rickyconnolly on Sunday May 20, 2012 @01:45PM (#3999455)
That's a pretty silly oversight. Somewhat akin to the supervillain revealing the details of his plan to the captured secret agent.
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Re:50 Years Of Government Spending, In 1 Graph by aurelianito on Monday May 28, 2012 @12:45AM (#4031973)
Yes. It was really silly.
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Re:50 Years Of Government Spending, In 1 Graph by gouranga on Thursday May 17, 2012 @05:09AM (#3986111)
OIL was pretty much on the ball though :)
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Re:50 Years Of Government Spending, In 1 Graph by aneth on Thursday May 17, 2012 @08:38PM (#3989826)
Yes, the Iraq war had much to do with protecting the world oil supply. While the oil and gas industry is heavily subsidized, that war did not give the US a better deal on oil than anyone else. While it may have impacted oil prices, it did so globally.
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