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"Carolyn Louise leigh" wrote in message
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No Brainer! OIL. Toss out all the smoke and mirrors. Every argument GWB

made
for War with Iraq was an echo of the 60's. My how short memories
become....



Operation Iraqi Liberation = OIL


Oh, wait, we better not call it that...




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On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 18:53:09 -0400, "Gary Warner"
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"Carolyn Louise leigh" wrote in message
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No Brainer! OIL. Toss out all the smoke and mirrors. Every argument GWB

made
for War with Iraq was an echo of the 60's. My how short memories
become....



Operation Iraqi Liberation = OIL


Oh, wait, we better not call it that...



Operation Isralie Lackeys

Oy vey, ve kan't call it zhat either. . .


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"Ignoramus14603" wrote in message
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In article , leon skunkers

wrote:
...why the hell we invaded Iraq?

I'll admit I can't come up with anything that makes sense.


My guess is, as to what went behind the closed doors, is that there
were two reasons:

1. Steal Iraqi oil and enrich Haliburton, etc, and lower oil prices in
time for the next election. The old "liebensraum" (living space) concept.

2. Occupy Iraq and use it as a fixed aircraft carrier in the quest for
world dominance. The thinking goes, occupying Iraq, it will be easier
to get Saudis or Iran or whatever other nation might be "next".

Unfortunately, it turns out that the Iraqis are not eager to pump out
their oil to enrich us, and also that instead of a good platform for a
conquest, Iraq consumed much of the US military manpower to the point
that it is much harder to mount more victorious blitzkriegs elsewhere.


You forgot:

3. It was Osama's wish, and a way to accede to his demand that we
leave Saudi Arabia yet still feel like we had a presence in the region.

Note: we have given in to essentially all of his post-911 demands.
Way to go George!

4. It was a way to forestall the changeover of the valuation of oil to
Euros, instead of USDollars.

A true win-win if there ever was one.

Dan


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