Alan Greenspan has a new book out in which he is quite critical of the Bush Administration. Most of the press coverage of the book has been centered around his complaints about Bush and his disappointment with Cheney, who he served with in the Ford Administration. There is, however, a fascinating quote about Iraq. Here is the quote:
"I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil."
Now, apparently, he doesn't go into an explanation of what this quote means or why he believes that the Iraq War is about oil. This could just be speculation, but if it is, it is speculation coming from a man who is wired into both Republican and Washington power circles. The next time that some Bush loyalist tells you that this war was started because of weapons of mass destruction or to spread democracy, or any of the other discarded reasons we have been given, give them Greenspan's quote.
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*thank you* for this post. I heard of this last night and wanted the direct quote, with no spin, for a post in my blog as well.
When someone so indelibly linked to the state of the US economy makes such a statement-of-the-obvious, it seems that even the emperor's men are ready to say he has no clothes.
In my opinion, the people who have profited from war should go to jail; it's the most heinous of crimes against humanity imaginable: put young blood in one side of the equation and get money out.
Impeach them all!
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