It’s the Oil
Jul 28th, 2005 at 7:58 am by Susie
But dreams of empire die hard. American G.I.’s are dug into Iraq, and the bases have been built for a long stay. The war may be going badly, but the primary consideration is that there is still a tremendous amount of oil at stake, the second-largest reserves on the planet. And neocon fantasies aside, the global competition for the planet’s finite oil reserves intensifies by the hour.
Lyndon Johnson ignored the unsolicited advice of Senator George Aiken of Vermont - to declare victory in Vietnam in 1966. The war continued for nearly a decade. Many high-level government figures believe that U.S. troops will be in Iraq for a minimum of 5 more years, and perhaps 10.
That should be understood by the people who think that the formation of a permanent Iraqi government will lead to the withdrawal of American troops. There is no real withdrawal plan. The fighting and the dying will continue indefinitely.
And this would be a surprise to whom exactly? Frankly, I can’t believe that more hasn’t been made of the blood for oil aspect of this war.
“No- we are in Iraq for the people. Now just drink your kool-aide and let us ruin, I mean run this country.”
the blogies are reporting there’s a pull-out date of 2006. compare that with all the administration’s comments of “we’ll stay until iraq can sustain itself” and “a timeline is irresponsible and only aids terrorists.”
so what’s so special about 2006? mid-term elections. bush has nothing left to run for but congress sure does.