--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Louis McKenzie wrote: > > Richard Adams in Washington > > The Guardian, Monday September 17 2007 Article history > > Alan Greenspan, the consummate Washington insider and > > long-time head of the US central bank, has backed the > > position taken by many anti-war critics - that the > > invasion of Iraq was motivated by oil. > > > Duh! :D I remember when Bush-Cheney were running for office in 2000 that > journalists were talking about how they were from the "old economy" i.e. > "oil" and didn't understand the "new economy" i.e. tech and internet. > That was an astute observation and I pondered if they would try to nuke > the "new economy" and I would say they've done a pretty good job of it > especially to people like me who work in it. Looks like Greenspan's > trying to cover his own ass. >
Greenspan should know better. The Iraq war was movitated by adesire to get an american base or bases inside a country with a Moslem government friendly to the USA. IT was their stated mission, and they succeeded (the neocons who advised BUsh, from his brother on down). Lawosn
