Reply #19: The second goal of the war in Iraq may have already given them "total" control.

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Most people here are already aware that the primary goal of the war in Iraq was to steal their oil. That hasn't been completely successful as the puppet government set up by Bush/Cheney has yet to sign away their oil rights to the US oil companies (and BP). The reason the Iraqi government won't sign is that they know that as soon as they do, they have signed their own death warrants. The successful bombings inside the "green zone" demonstrated to the Iraqi Parliament that US troops will not be able to protect them, should they sign.

The US went into Afghanistan, not to get Osama bin Ladin, but to put in place a puppet government that would agree to building a gas pipeline through that country on very favorable terms to US oil interests. As soon as that deal was signed, we invaded Iraq. Bush/Cheney won't pull US troops out of Iraq until the deal is signed. Then a contingent large enough to secure the oil fields and enforce the oil contracts will be left behind.

The second goal of the Iraq war was to weaken the US military and gut its experienced leadership and replace them with "yes men" who couldn't contemplate going against Bush/Cheney even if it were to uphold and defend the Constitution. The regular troops have been denied proper equipment, forced to perform multiple tours in Iraq, wounded soldiers were denied medical treatment or forced to reimburse the government for treatment they received. This was not incompetence. This was purposely done to demoralize the troops.

We saw this kind of treatment played out in the Justice Department, Homeland Security, FEMA, FDA, EPA, etc. Idiots were put in charge, competent people driven out, and departments defunded. The same tactics are being applied to the military. The goal is to crush the U.S. government, "drown it in the bathtub."

At the same time, Bush/Cheney is "privatizing" the military, that is creating an army of highly paid private mercenaries that are beholden to Bush/Cheney for their "jobs". Halliburton, Carlyle Group, KBR, etc. They were given support jobs to the regular military so that they could "pull the plug" on the U.S. troops whenever given such an order. You can fill in the rest by yourself.

In order to understand what is going on you have to erase your preconceived notions of how things are supposed to work. Bush/Cheney are not incompetent, if you understand THEIR goals. Study the overall pattern as I just described, and ignore the noise from the pundits and the "experts". Study the pattern inherent in what they are doing, and getting away with, and hope it's not too late to turn this around.