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• Wednesday, September 5, 2007 11:24 PM

  Historical Accuracy - part deux and 1/2

  Michael Bryan's letter entitled "Historical Accuracy" was rather funny. First because it seems to suggest that we should hold George W Bush accountable for his decisions as a responsible and mentally competent adult. And secondly because it suggests that the ulterior motives for invading Iraq are obscure and mysterious.

  Anybody who's ever listened to W talk knows that the first assumption is wrong and unfair.

  As for the second one let me just list some "random" facts and see if we can't figure out what that mysterious hidden agenda is.

  1- World oil production is peaking and demand is accelerating thanks in part to China and India

  2- Oil underpins our economy

  3- Iraq sits on the worlds second largest proven reserves but because of UN sanctions its production is limited. It should also be noted that even before the sanctions, Iraq never produced as much as it could have in order to keep prices up.

  4- Iraq under Saddam was the first Arab country to nationalize its oil industry and was a driving force behind OPEC which strived to increase prices by limiting production.

  5- It was dispute over Kuwait exceeding its OPEC quota and pumping oil from the Iraqi portion of an oil field that straddled their mutual frontier that resulted in Saddam's invasion of Kuwait.

  6- It was not politically feasible to lift the sanctions with Saddam remaining in power. After all he committed the unforgivable sin of destabilizing our oil supply when he invaded Kuwait.

  Could it be that the obscure ulterior motives had something to do with oil?

  —Eazy E Read Eazy E's other letters
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