Do you think the U.S.A. should go to war with another country (details) Part 2?

Question

This is a two part question. I would very much appreciate it if you would go to this question and answer it FIRST, before reading any further (thank you):

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For those who have already answered the first question, please answer the question again, but with more information as to why I originally asked the first question.

China & India are ALREADY stealing oil from another country. That country is Cuba. They have oildrilling platforms built off the cost of Cuba, but in International waters. They are slant drilling into the oil which rightfully belongs to Cuba off the costal waters of Cuba.

With slant drilling (those are the two words to pay attention to), they are able to be in International waters, yet dill into oil that rightfully belongs to another country.

Answer 1

Ok so this is a serious threat to us. I will call George W. Bush now. be back to you later.

Answer 2

The Untied States has been doing this kind of off-shore drilling on the Canadian Pacific coast for years.  

Why do you think the U.S. invaded Iraq? Why do you think the oil refineries around Baghdad had electricity when the rest of the city was in the dark?

The U.S. economy (and, by extension, the Canadian economy too) is going down the tube because Chinese workers are willing to work for way, way less than N. American workers are.  And we choose to buy Chinese goods rather than locally-produced ones.  Wal-Mart is the very BIGGEST American company. Bigger than General Motors, for example. Wal-Mart didn't get to be what it is because North Americans chose to support local businesses and producers.  How much of the merchandise in Wal-Mart DOESN'T come from China?

The war in Afghanistan and Iraq is costing trillions of dollars (not to speak of thousands of soldiers' lives and hundreds of thousands of civilians' lives) that might have been put to good use at home. That's what cheap oil is costing the U.S.

What possible business might the U.S. have getting into a war to protect "oil which rightfully belongs to Cuba"? The U.S. has had neither diplomatic nor trade relations with Cuba for almost half a century.  Surely you're not naive enough to think such U.S. involvement would be to protect Cuban oil interests for Cuban use!

Answer 3

Well, it would have been a lot easier to answer if you had left it in Cuba! Also, if you had left China out of it. I think if we declared war on China, it might be the end of us (or US), but we could not afford to let them get away with taking our oil. It would be something else next if they got away with the oil. I think because we have so much other business with China, they would be open to a diplomatic settlement of the problem. Definatily sanctions would hurt them a lot, more than the oil is worth, I think that would settle it. India should be no problem. They are allies and are getting a lot of aid monies from the US. They should listen to reason. The next option would to go down and destroy the drills, in our Coastal waters, not in International waters. If that sparked a war then we would have to live with it. I can't see us having to declare war because of this.

Answer 4

NO. There is never a justification for war.

Answer 5

there 5 locations that the USA owns where the oil company's could drill & the oil reservoirs are so enourmos that if CONGRESS would let them drill them,our fossil fuel problems would be over

source:c-span

Answer 6

The war is now economic and we(USA) are having our heads handed to us by the Chinese.