Presidential Debate

[kandrathe]

While posting links try this one:

http://www.energybulletin.net/559.html

I'm not really into conspiracy theories myself (personally, I think that almost ALL governments worldwide are WAY too bloody stupid to pull off a good conspiracy  :P ), but there's a few folks who believe that this article contains the true motivation behind the Invasion...  :ph34r:
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Well, I agree in a backward way. I think the US would accept Iraq as an oil producing nation if they diverted that wealth solely toward things that improved the lives of Iraqi's or maintained the stability of the middle east. But, Saddam grew beyond the upstart Tikriti thug we and others propped up as a bulwark against evil Iran. He started to have delusions to extend his empire, to become another Nasser. Once we lost control of our Frankenstein, we had no choice but to destroy it. It would compound the earlier evil to leave him to his wiles, to threaten his neighbors, to become a threat by delivery of WMD via Al Samoud 2 to the region. Oil gave Saddam the wealth to pursue this goal, and so yes, oil is partly what this war is about. And, I will accept that there may be greedy Exxon executives that are deviously conspiring on how they can get their hands into that pie. I just don't think that complicity would involve enough elected officials to covertly compromise the US Executive and Legislative branches of government without a leak. You are right in that there is too much in-fighting and incompetence to keep it a secret.