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article imageAlan Greenspan claims Iraq war was really for oil

Posted Sep 16, 2007 by  RobotGod in Politics | 5 comments | 1049 views
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America’s elder statesman of finance, Alan Greenspan, has shocked the White House by declaring what a lot of people already believed. That the prime motive for the war in Iraq was oil.
Timesonline reports that in his memoir, which will be published tomorrow, Greenspan, a Republican whose 18-year tenure as head of the US Federal Reserve was widely admired, will deliver a stinging critique of President George W Bush’s economic policies.

His view on the motive for the 2003 Iraq invasion will likely provoke much controversy.

“I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil,” he says.


Greenspan apparently believes that Saddam Hussein posed a threat to the security of oil supplies in the Middle East.

Of course, Britain and America have always insisted the war had nothing to do with oil. Bush said the aim of the war was to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction and end Saddam’s support for terrorism.

I am sure this is quite a shock to Bush and his agendas, at this time, given Greenspan's high standing. Yet another blow to his war, at a time when he is trying desperately to hang onto it.
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  • avatar Posted Sep 16, 2007 by  lensman67
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    Texas based Hunt Oil Co., owned by Bush's good buddy, a man with a top secret clearance and a major investor in Bush's campaign, has just made a separate arrangement with the Kurds to get his hands on their oil thereby admitting that he knows that Iraq will not be reunited anytime soon. This is very close to treason and exactly why Bush should be impeached.
  • avatar Posted Sep 16, 2007 by  Chris V. (cgull)
    #2
    Many knew this, but didn't have the guts to say it at the beginning. Since Alan Greenspan has seen it all, they can't complain now that he lacks credibility in this. All the oil in Iraq has been assigned to major Oil corporations like Exxon, BP and others, Iraqis are getting only a little share. They have been given permission to manage oil there not Iraqis. Even with that oil revenue, they can do tons of projects in Iraq, they don't need US Taxpayers money, but they are stealing here and stealing there, no one to complain.
  • nick2100 Posted Sep 17, 2007 by  nick2100
    #3
    daaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
  • avatar Posted Sep 17, 2007 by  lensman67
    #4
    I always find it funny when War Hawks try to say that we are really in Iraq to "maintain stability in the Middle East." My question is WHY?

    Are they interested in maintaining stability in--oh say Africa? No!

    Well then why is maintaining stability in the Middle East so important? Answer: They have oil!
  • avatar Posted Sep 19, 2007 by  Bocephalus
    #5
    Four years on and people are still debating whether it was all about oil, truly amazing. Did it really take Greenspan to enlighten Americans?

    The war was about money of course, weapons sales, oil, reconstruction projects and a way in for all other American corporations to get into Iraq, but it was first and foremost brought about by the American Zionist lobby and done at the service of Israel.

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