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It's all right here, from 1999 green for victory Mar 2013 #1
Smedley Butler eomer Mar 2013 #6
BushInc's spent 5 decades establishing New World Order and its global, corporate empires. blm Mar 2013 #29
Cinnabon??? Who would ever eat it? JDPriestly Mar 2013 #65
This message was self-deleted by its author YoungDemCA Mar 2013 #69
It doesn't matter now, it's all good. polly7 Mar 2013 #2
Too true. Our leaders have already moved on, protecting the guilty ... SomeGuyInEagan Mar 2013 #14
Re-election. sibelian Mar 2013 #3
They would have been washed up and completely out of power without starting a war. Coyotl Mar 2013 #17
M-O-N-E-Y hobbit709 Mar 2013 #4
Yep. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #7
oil DCBob Mar 2013 #5
Economic hegemony Cal Carpenter Mar 2013 #8
Cal for the win...... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #32
Economic hegemony comprised of putting Social Security at the disposal of our PNAC -ian masters. patrice Mar 2013 #53
IMO, purely to feed the Military/Industrial complex. It gave U.S. interests a way... Poll_Blind Mar 2013 #9
I have my own theory, but it's not pretty DFW Mar 2013 #10
You're probably very close to the total truth. ewagner Mar 2013 #15
This map was on Dick Cheney' desk in Feb. of 2001 Botany Mar 2013 #11
Yes. If anyone does not believe Botany, read The Price of Loyalty JDPriestly Mar 2013 #66
Great book and a real eye opener! Snarkoleptic Mar 2013 #76
Don't forget the Saudis. Jerry442 Mar 2013 #12
Complex combination of reasons, of factors duhneece Mar 2013 #13
"The Mysterious Why of the Iraq war" - Robert Parry, Consortium News trof Mar 2013 #16
George Bush and Dick Cheney had their own reasons cpwm17 Mar 2013 #18
I go with the "perceived slight to George the Elder" argument, only I think Porgie was MADem Mar 2013 #19
I think it was the Plan for a New American Century treestar Mar 2013 #20
It was different things to different members of the Bush Admin stevenleser Mar 2013 #21
I think that's the best explanation Canuckistanian Mar 2013 #23
They were both loyal soldiers (even non military Condi) and would have obeyed almost anything... stevenleser Mar 2013 #27
Cheney was the CEO Halliburton ever had...while he was Vce President... Evasporque Mar 2013 #35
I believe you are too kind to George W.* grasswire Mar 2013 #45
Depends on your definition of kind. I think he is too intellectually non-curious to be an ideologue stevenleser Mar 2013 #55
Why We Invaded Iraq JGug1 Mar 2013 #22
What was that Deep Throat said The Wizard Mar 2013 #24
Deep throat ONLY SAID IT TO WOODWARD graham4anything Mar 2013 #51
Oil baldguy Mar 2013 #25
I totally agree with you Andy823 Mar 2013 #31
I thought it was always painfully apparent. Others here have stated parts of it. harmonicon Mar 2013 #26
Really not a mystery. They published their reasons in 1997. jeff47 Mar 2013 #28
Yup whatchamacallit Mar 2013 #37
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #30
He tried to kill my daddy.... Evasporque Mar 2013 #33
'Money trumps peace' - George W Bush, Feb. 14, 2007 Octafish Mar 2013 #34
K&R'd & bookmarked. The one proviso: snot Mar 2013 #36
The needs of the corporations,.... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #39
We're all shaped by our contexts; but if Jamie Dimon served time for his crimes snot Mar 2013 #40
Wesley Clark has spoken about a 1991 Wolfowitz conversation... JHB Mar 2013 #38
Profit, profit, profit, profit, profit, and more profit. Initech Mar 2013 #41
$$$$$$$$$$$$ NV Whino Mar 2013 #42
Oh, yes, of course. Long ago. Zax2me Mar 2013 #43
I believe it is essentially this: Zorra Mar 2013 #44
A worthy question. PNAC offers some clues. DirkGently Mar 2013 #46
You need go no further than this. Cleita Mar 2013 #47
K&R Oil, oil and PROFIT! idwiyo Mar 2013 #48
Syria has little oil cpwm17 Mar 2013 #50
It was all about pillage & plunder. lpbk2713 Mar 2013 #49
Right! PNAC wanted "us" to do it. + acquiring the "POLITICAL CAPITAL" to privatize Social Security patrice Mar 2013 #52
Saddam stokes war with suicide bomber cash Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #54
Q. So, why single out this one source of that kind of money coming out of the Arab world? patrice Mar 2013 #57
my theory - saudi arabia wanted regional threats to it gone markiv Mar 2013 #56
Agree. Plus Arab proxy control of Palestine. nt patrice Mar 2013 #61
You may be on to something very big right there green for victory Mar 2013 #77
for *, i think it wa simple as one-upping his dad. for cheney and rummy et al... $$$$$$$$$$$$ dionysus Mar 2013 #58
Here ya go... jazzimov Mar 2013 #59
THE Hegemony itself. Or at least the American wing of it. patrice Mar 2013 #62
2007 quote from W: "Money trumps peace". Nothing else need be said. nt. OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #60
Precisely. KeepItReal Mar 2013 #64
It was the multidimensional Stargate in the Iraqi desert... PCIntern Mar 2013 #63
Oil, Finishing what daddy didnt. n/t JesterCS Mar 2013 #67
Project for a New American Century. Rex Mar 2013 #68
Many reasons... YoungDemCA Mar 2013 #70
Secondary reasons. moondust Mar 2013 #71
Helen Thomas tried!! Sparkly Mar 2013 #72
All that, plus a significant part of the American population is addicted to war daleo Mar 2013 #73
To scare the Saudis and Egyptians, mostly (nt) Recursion Mar 2013 #74
Hint...rhymes with "broil". Snarkoleptic Mar 2013 #75
I don't think there was any one reason, to be honest Warpy Mar 2013 #78
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