Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Bush Cites New Reason for Iraq War: OIL !

He finally admits it. It was about the oil.

Of course, he says it was about his heroic administration protecting Iraqi oil from evil, rather like a responsible parent sheltering a precious child from the bad guys. Not about greedy profit-mongering by the US oil & gas industry. Never.......

So we're halfway to the truth, anyway.
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From the San Francisco Chronicle on August 30, 2005:

"President Bush on Tuesday answered growing anti-war protests with a fresh reason for American troops to continue fighting in Iraq: protection of the country's vast oil fields that he said would otherwise fall under the control of terrorist extremists."

Read the entire article here.

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