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In reply to the discussion: Have We Ever Gotten to the Bottom of Exactly 'Why' Bush and the Neocons Disastrously Invaded Iraq? [View all]jazzimov
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Have We Ever Gotten to the Bottom of Exactly 'Why' Bush and the Neocons Disastrously Invaded Iraq? [View all]
xchrom
Mar 2013
OP
BushInc's spent 5 decades establishing New World Order and its global, corporate empires.
blm
Mar 2013
#29
They would have been washed up and completely out of power without starting a war.
Coyotl
Mar 2013
#17
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 go with the "perceived slight to George the Elder" argument, only I think Porgie was
MADem
Mar 2013
#19
They were both loyal soldiers (even non military Condi) and would have obeyed almost anything...
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#27
Depends on your definition of kind. I think he is too intellectually non-curious to be an ideologue
stevenleser
Mar 2013
#55
I thought it was always painfully apparent. Others here have stated parts of it.
harmonicon
Mar 2013
#26
Right! PNAC wanted "us" to do it. + acquiring the "POLITICAL CAPITAL" to privatize Social Security
patrice
Mar 2013
#52
Q. So, why single out this one source of that kind of money coming out of the Arab world?
patrice
Mar 2013
#57