U.S. General: Iraq War is about Oil, Arab World "One Big Gas Station"


	U.S. General: Iraq War is about Oil, Arab World "One Big Gas Station"

BobbyRutan

10-16-2007 4:52 AM

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lies, bush, cheney, conservatives, republicans, iraq, oil, islam, 9/11, death

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10-16-2007 12:03 PM

cptenaud

Everything is going as planned then. When a barrel reaches $100 The tycoons will celebrate.

The only problem is who will be in control of it. Right now it isn't looking good for our side.

10-16-2007 1:21 PM

citizenbfk

It was OBVIOUS to many, many people that one of the prime reasons for this was was OIL!

Blood for oil.

It's about time some of these powerful big names are finally speaking the truth. Last month the former head of the Federal Exchange Commission (about as 'conservative' as you can get) also finally admitted this fact.

Also note -- it should also be OBVIOUS that the newo-con, zionist extremist, and Israel are also involved in all this and have pushed and advocated these wars in the Middle East.

D'uh.

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