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Neocons and the truth: Bitter enemies to the end
The fact-free extremists who brought us the invasion of Iraq haven't gone anywhere and are busy trying to exert their influence before this administration ends.
Glenn Greenwald [2008-05-08]

  • Iran and Iraq are about Oil?

    I have a hard time believing this, despite what some notable people (even Greenspan) have explicitly said.

    There is a well-established market for oil. We have the largest economy in the world; we can pay for it. We also have the most advanced petroleum technology to get at it.

    What is more cost-effective? Buying oil at efficient market prices, or paying the cost to invade, occupy, and "Reconstruct" Iraq to then "get" their oil? Not to mention the further INCREASE in oil prices due to uncertainty caused by the invasion, and further destruction to the existing distribution systems caused by said invasion.

    Now, they want a bombing campaign against Iran? No one has said anything about occupying Iran, which would be necessary if it really was "about oil." You can't get oil out of the ground, refine it, and distribute it by bombing the existing petroleum infrastructure into the stone age.

    Something doesn't add up...

    Anyone else agree?

    -- David Larry D
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    Thursday, May 8, 2008 11:00 AM
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