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In reply to the discussion: Wondering if anyone here agrees with me about why we went into Iraq [View all]HoneychildMooseMoss
(251 posts)56. Bush and Cheney were both oil men
Their base was the "haves and have-mores"-- not us. Making us pay more for gas merely helped line the pockets of their oil buddies.
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Wondering if anyone here agrees with me about why we went into Iraq [View all]
senseandsensibility
Feb 2013
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Destabilization of the Middle East, oil/energy control, defense contracts, increased pentagon
TwilightGardener
Feb 2013
#1
In their noblest delusions, they were trying to advance civilization. ie, big picture, long term.
Voice for Peace
Feb 2013
#15
Control and manipulation of supply for multinational oil and energy companies--
TwilightGardener
Feb 2013
#31
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 of a personal grudge, same as Ross Perot had a personal grudge in 1992
graham4anything
Feb 2013
#27
The same reason we went to Vietnam and Afghanistan. "Tough on Bogeymen" political PR.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#28
1) Oil; 2) One more piece in the ring around Iran...which is still the NeoCons' #1 target. nt.
OldDem2012
Feb 2013
#36
We went to war in Iraq, to give some focus to the lackluster Bush administration and
meti57b
Feb 2013
#40
The Greg Palast theory: Controlling the oil futures market: The price of oil.
lindysalsagal
Feb 2013
#50
They were already building up the military long before 911 - cheney and rumsfeld
2Design
Feb 2013
#55