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annabanana

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17. #1). oil.. . . . . . #2) the Great Neo-Con wet dream

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Mon Feb 18, 2013, 09:21 PM

Feb 2013

Remember the kids they sent in to run the country after sending ALL the experience Iraqis packing? It was going to be a pure market driven utopia.

And then pallets of money went poof... 100% clusterfuck

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Wondering if anyone here agrees with me about why we went into Iraq [View all] senseandsensibility Feb 2013 OP

Destabilization of the Middle East, oil/energy control, defense contracts, increased pentagon TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #1

+ neoconservative desire to increase W's power as "CIC" struggle4progress Feb 2013 #6

True. "War President", that was a big deal until Prez O. TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #7

What you said +1 LibGranny Feb 2013 #29

+ hand the treasury to their friends while bsnkrupting the US so that rurallib Feb 2013 #46

War is big business and "money trumps peace, sometimes" NightWatcher Feb 2013 #2

We needed an away game otherone Feb 2013 #3

Israel To U.S.: Don't Delay Iraq Attack Purveyor Feb 2013 #4

Oil Dirty Socialist Feb 2013 #5

Oil. patrice Feb 2013 #8

O peration I raqi L iberation = O I L Electric Monk Feb 2013 #9

I agree with that. n/t RebelOne Feb 2013 #42

Joy-Riding with the Oval Office Demeter Feb 2013 #10

Right wingers just wanted to kill a bunch of innocent Muslims after 9/11. Hoyt Feb 2013 #11

I think it was to make money on the stock market. Cleita Feb 2013 #12

war contracts. money. money. money. robinlynne Feb 2013 #13

this. ^^^ nt. MH1 Feb 2013 #23

A confluence of Daddy Issues with PNAC. A perfect storm. randome Feb 2013 #14

In their noblest delusions, they were trying to advance civilization. ie, big picture, long term. Voice for Peace Feb 2013 #15

I think I agree most closely with robinlynne senseandsensibility Feb 2013 #19

Control and manipulation of supply for multinational oil and energy companies-- TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #31

Bush and Cheney were both oil men HoneychildMooseMoss Feb 2013 #56

It was because Sadam had a plot to kill *'s daddy. El Supremo Feb 2013 #16

#1). oil.. . . . . . #2) the Great Neo-Con wet dream annabanana Feb 2013 #17

Two groups wanted that war Warpy Feb 2013 #18

PNAC. jazzimov Feb 2013 #20

An excuse to loot the U.S. Treasury via the Military Industrial Complex; MH1 Feb 2013 #21

Exactly. So many defense contracting companies, so few wars to profit from at the time Blaukraut Feb 2013 #43

^ This ^ helped provide cover for bankrupting the government, long a Repub goal. magellan Feb 2013 #48

Because they wanted to do it anyway quaker bill Feb 2013 #22

Remember the MOral Clarity Crap ? JI7 Feb 2013 #24

The DOW was down to $8,000, war boosts the economy. Downwinder Feb 2013 #32

$$$$ WilliamPitt Feb 2013 #25

Yes, Regime change... but that desire was rooted in ... Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #26

i do agree that's how they convinced BUsh of it JI7 Feb 2013 #34

Because of a personal grudge, same as Ross Perot had a personal grudge in 1992 graham4anything Feb 2013 #27

You got it! n/m El Supremo Feb 2013 #35

The same reason we went to Vietnam and Afghanistan. "Tough on Bogeymen" political PR. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #28

MONEY MONEY MONEY riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #30

I did hear that. Supposedly Saddam rainy Feb 2013 #33

1) Oil; 2) One more piece in the ring around Iran...which is still the NeoCons' #1 target. nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #36

To show up Poppy and to win political capital Poiuyt Feb 2013 #37

"regime change" is a catchall lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #38

Well my first answer would be Big Oil rufus dog Feb 2013 #39

We went to war in Iraq, to give some focus to the lackluster Bush administration and meti57b Feb 2013 #40

Oil/mineral rights Ruby the Liberal Feb 2013 #41

OIL: regardless of what many think, it was oil first and foremost. RC Feb 2013 #44

Saddam was going to switch to the Euro. MrSlayer Feb 2013 #45

OIL -- Oil, Israel, Logistics (Ray McGovern) WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2013 #47

I heard a great analogy years ago... A HERETIC I AM Feb 2013 #49

The Greg Palast theory: Controlling the oil futures market: The price of oil. lindysalsagal Feb 2013 #50

You can say it, most people here know it was because of oil still_one Feb 2013 #51

Because murderers like to murder. Lint Head Feb 2013 #52

OK Here's one more reason shadowmayor Feb 2013 #53

They wanted regime change because Saddam Hussein was giving money applegrove Feb 2013 #54

They were already building up the military long before 911 - cheney and rumsfeld 2Design Feb 2013 #55

Three reasons I can think of. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #57

Cheney thought he could get his hands on their oil CanonRay Feb 2013 #58