Thread:Comments:US House of Representatives passes health care bill/Why can't people realize how much we can't afford these wars right now?/reply (12)

What's that awful smell..... ah......the rotting stench of Climate Change Denial.

Perhaps you should watch this

By the way Global Warming refers to an increase in the Earth's average global  temperature. The resulting Climate Change can manifest itself as extreme weather events including -seemingly ironically- localized drops in temperature. If there is one characteristic that is nearly universal to the weather associated with Climate change it it an increase of moisture in the atmosphere. This causes - among other things - hurricanes, monsoons, floods, and you guessed it - Record snowfall,

Politically it was much easier to invade Iraq, (A Muslim Majority nation with a history adversity towards the United States of than to try to dredge  a few million barrels of oil from ANRW (which would only benefit the US in the short term)). In any case The Payoff in Iraq was immeasurably Greater. Invading Iraq and  setting up a friendly oil policy was a decision that will prove vital to the U.S. longterm strategic Interests as the world faces Peak oil.