The argument reminds me of the NO WAR FOR OIL! protests around the Iraq War. There were many reasons to be against that war, and hidden agendas for carrying it out, but 'we wanted to steal their oil' was the most inane astroturfed libdem take that distracted from legitimate opposition. Especially when as Trump pointed out we didn't even take the oil like we should have.
The argument reminds me of the NO WAR FOR OIL! protests around the Iraq War. There were many reasons to be against that war, and hidden agendas for carrying it out, but 'we wanted to steal their oil' was the most inane astroturfed libdem take that distracted from legitimate opposition. Especially when as Trump pointed out we didn't even take the oil like we should have.