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September 16, 2007
Greenspan Has It All Wrong
Topics: IraqSurely, by now, you've heard "Greenspan's shocker," that the Iraq war is largely about oil.
"Largely," about oil?
The "old geezer," as Jules Crittenden puts it, "needs to have a chat with his researchers."
It's not that the world's single most important strategic resource isn't worth fighting for, which it is, but then, as importantly, there's those other not-so-little issues such as "peace, truth, justice, the American way," and "slightly less abstract threats to U.S. national interests and security" such as "preventing a new training ground for future terrorist attacks against America, the evidence of Saddam's track record and ongoing interest in WMD, and Saddam's demonstrated desire to dominate the entire region!"
And, pray tell, what's so bad about keeping terrorists and the tyrants who support them from controlling the world's oil supply?
Posted by Richard at September 16, 2007 10:22 AM
GREENSPAN WAS RIGHT, FOR MOST OF THE REASONS YOU LIST.
WE NEEDED TO KEEP SADDAM FROM KEEPING KUWAIT SO WE WENT TO WAR IN 1991.
HE FAILED TO KEEP THE TERMS OF THE ARMISTICE, HENCE WE WENT TO WAR IN2003.
WE MUST KEEP THE REGION FROM BEING TAKEN OVER BY THE MULLAHS AND AL QAEDA, HENCE OUR PRESENT WAR.
THE CARTER DOCTRINE SPELLED ALL THIS OUT IN 1980.
I POSTED ON IT IN 2004 AND AGAIN LAST WEEK:
http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2007/09/yawn-alan-greenspan-agrees-with-jimmy.html
Posted by: reliapundit - the astute blogger 
at September 17, 2007 10:56 PM
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