Bush's Secret Iraq War Plan

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Quote from ArchAngel:

Saddam was a complete POS and deserved to have a cruise missle shoved up his ass. But at this point, does anyone seriously think we're in Iraq for more than three reasons:

1. Saaadum tried to get a hit done on GW's old man. A good enough reason to charter the CIA to whack Hussein and Sons, but a full invasion is just a teeny bit overkill. Of course, the CIA had always been iffy about that and thanks to 8 years of the prior administration's and Congress's stupidity, they'd become about as useless as a man at a lesbian convention.

2. Hussein had threatened to price Iraqi oil in Euros and if ever released from UN sanctions was going to try to get other Arab nations to go along with him (arguing that since the US blindly supports anything Israel does, doing everything possible to affect the US was also a blow to Israel - same logic terrorist use and Israel keeps giving them plenty of recruiting material). A broadbased switch switch to Euros would be detrimental to the US.

3. The UN food for oil program was an enormous farce lining the pockets of the French and Russians (and apparently Koffe Annan's son) and was pumping dough into Hussein's coffers. And since we don't like the French (at least the a-holes heading their government anyway), an Iraq invasion had the bonus of slapping them around in the process - you didn't think the French voted against invading Iraq out of morality did you??

truly excellent post, AA.

the israelis won't do a thing to piss us off. even though the media may portray it that way sometimes, everything they do gets the OK from the white house. something to think about.

the question i have for you is -- what the fuck are we going to do about the inevitable move from dollars to euros for oil? w/ or w/o saddam, it's just a matter of time.

notice how dumya backed off the whole "fuel cell" crusade after he decided to go ahead with iraq? i mean, you'd think the SIMPLE SOLUTION would be to become less dependent on rogue states for oil.

the saudi royal family's "investment" of $1.4billion to harken energy to explore in texas (when it's FAR more profitable for them to just pump their OWN huge oil reserves) comes to mind here...harken never drilled one well...so i guess the saudis must have just been stupid to send $1.4b to texas, i guess, which must be why they're so rich.