Writes: BOB HERBERT
‘Oh Happy Day’
President Bush and Vice President Cheney, both former oil-company executives, have long tried to tell us this war(Iraq War) was about terrorism, about weapons of mass destruction, about bringing freedom and democracy to the Iraqi people, about anything but oil.
Said Mr. Bush: “We cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.”
One of the starkest examples of U.S. priorities came during the eruption of looting that followed the fall of Baghdad. With violence and chaos all about, American troops were ordered to protect one particularly treasured target — the Iraqi Oil Ministry.
Being a Western oil giant with a no-bid contract in Iraq is a prize, yes. But at what cost? …[MORE >>]
REFERENCE: The Criminality of Bush & Co.
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