You bring up some very interesting points here, and I'll do my best to relate this to Oddworld.
First you say that Gen. Dripik has "never gone to war, never thought of attacking another land, never commanded his troops to invade another land for his own benefit"
Let's think about this one for a moment. His in command of the Slig Barracks. Every greedy or seedy expansion into Oddworld would require security that his Barracks would supply.
Everytime these greedy corperations invade land, capture Mudokons, these military forces were being provided by him. Just because he sits in an office and doesn't hang out on the field doesn't mean he isn't any less responsible.
How do you think Dripik has all his medals? Profit increase from organisations that hire his sligs, or he may even supply weapons and pants. (pants for sligs of course lol) You also said that Sekto seems to be the more accurate one and you go on to say that, "Sekto raised a non-existant problem about the natives to get what he wanted".
Problems are only non-existant when they don't affect you. Iraq is just one of many places in the world that required assistance from other countries long before 9/11. The issue you raise here is that Bush sent in the US military to get what he wanted, and helping out Iraq is just a secondary objective.
Well, I can agree with that. But let's be realistic here, since when has the majority of large scale organisations done anything for anyone without getting something out of it?
This is my own personal opinion here, but I don't think Bush is calling the shots like the media claim to be. If you have ever seen or read about the Kennedy tapes during the cuban missle crisis you'll know that people within the whitehouse have tryed to go around the president to get what they want.
This is why I find Gen. Dripik to be more like Bush, his concern is profits and he has the Sligs to achieve this. The real question you have to ask yourself here is if there is ever a moment in time when the 'profit' or goal becomes more important the lives of your soldiers..
For Dripik im sure thats never been an Issue, but for the United States, maybe.
Maybe Iraq isn't a huge mistake, or a cover-up. Maybe theres more to all of this then we know, or maybe not. Untill it's all over and we find out the truth, each to their own I say.
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