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September 20, 2007

Oil and Betrayal in Iraq

Filed under: Uncategorized — Bart @ 3:38 pm

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Greenspan should know. It was oil all along. The former head of the Federal Reserve writes in his memoir, “The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World,” “I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.” Greenspan even advised Bush that “taking Saddam Hussein out was essential” to protect oil supplies.

    Yes, we suspected it. In a deep sense, many of us knew it, just as those in Washington did. But now it’s in our face. Greenspan put the mother of all facts in front of our noses. And we can no longer be in denial. The US invaded Iraq for the oil.

    Think about what it means for our troops and for the people of Iraq. Our troops were told, and believed because they trusted their president, they were in Iraq to protect America, to protect their families, their homes, their friends and neighbors, our democracy. But they were betrayed. Those troops fought and died and were maimed and had their marriages break up for oil company profits. An utter betrayal of our men and women in uniform and their families, a betrayal of their sacrifices, day after day, month after month, year after year – and for some, forever! Children growing up fatherless or motherless. Men and women without legs or arms or faces – for oil company profits.

    And hundreds of thousands of Iraqis killed, more maimed, and millions made refugees. For oil profits.

1 Comment

  1. Yet the whore media has yet to say a word about Greenspan’s admission. Too bad that the ones with the biggest audience are also the ones that have been bought and paid for by the BFEE.

    Comment by idealistferret — September 25, 2007 @ 6:16 pm

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