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DiveCon 
please show me how we got oil from Iraq?
"WE" had nothing to do with it and was never in the equation .. however, the oil corporations have made more money since the beginning of the war than any corporations ever.
Additionally, one look at the Iraqi Oil Law demonstrates, as it clearly did to the Iraqis, that OIL was the motivation from the start.
Additionally, the plan was to control Iraqi oil resources long into the future .. that plan did not work .. but even a casual observer of events recognizes that was indeed the plan.
Additionally, even way back in 2002, BEFORE the invasion, McKinney correctly stated the consequences that would ensue from our actions .. AND she correctly pointed to the false rational for the invasion that we all know today to have been exactly as she stated it.
"This war, like all wars, will be brutal and will leave many American and Iraqi families mourning the loss of their children."
She spoke the truth, which was in sharp contrast to the "flowers and candy" scenario given by the administration.
"We're not allowed to publicly question the Bush Administration for fear of being called unpatriotic. Aren't we entitled to really know why we're being urged to go to war? Aren't we entitled to be confident that the Administration is telling the truth?"
Again .. the absolute truth, and had the American people had the wisdom to question the motivations of the Bush Administration .. in other words, follow her lead, this country would be a lot better off today AND there would be tens of thousands of American soldiers still alive and still with all their mental and physical capacities.
"We know that this Administration has some trouble with telling the truth."
Again, the absolute truth .. so much so I'm sure you don't even want to challenge that.
"You might recall that the White House had a kind of amnesia a few months ago and didn't tell the truth about September 11 until I asked some pretty straightforward questions. In so doing, it seems I helped them remember that they had in fact received a whole raft of reports warning of terrorist attacks against this country."
Again. the absolute truth .. and their is a historical record if you have doubts.
"However, just last Sunday, September 15, 2002, the Washington Post's lead story carried the banner headline "In Iraqi War Scenario, Oil is the Key Issue." The article then went on to describe how US oil companies were looking forward to taking advantage of the oil bonanza, which would follow Saddam Hussein's removal from office."
Again, the absolute truth .. proven by the events.
"And I find the current Bush fervor and alleged urgent justifications for attacking Iraq startling because I recall reading an article from the London Guardian on December 2, 2001 last year, which had a banner headline "Secret US Plan for Iraq War." The article, almost a year old now, is interesting because it reports that the President had already ordered the CIA and his senior military commanders to draw up detailed plans for a military operation against Iraq. The operational commander was General Tommy Franks working out of the US Central Command at McDill air force base in Florida. Apparently, other key players were, low and behold, the CIA Director James Woolsey and the Deputy Defense Secretary, Paul Wolfowitz."
Again, the absolute truth and that secret plan is know widely known .. in fact, this was widely known to many governments and their citizens .. which is why the so-called "Coalition of the Willing" was in fact a coalition of the billing .. as it was necessary to twist the arms and pay "coalition" nations to participate in the scheme .. which cost the leaders of countries like Spain, Poland, Italy, and even Great Britian their jobs for participating in what most of the world already knew was a fraud.
"The most adventurous ingredient in the anti- Iraqi proposal is the use of US ground troops . . . significant numbers of [US] troops could also be called on in the early stages of any rebellion to guard oil fields around the Shia port of Basra in southern Iraq."
Absolutely correct and that is EXACTLY what we did. How would she know that even before the invasion began?
"Isn't it amazing the London Times didn't refer to US troops guarding the new parliament, or the schools or hospitals full of ravaged civilians, or saving the men, women and children brutalized under years of Hussein's rule."
Again, EXACTLY what we did.
"And surely if we were really interested today in the truth about whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction wouldn't this Committee want to hear from Scott Ritter. I just cannot believe that he's not here today.
A truth that is known today .. but known to her even before the dying began. Ritter was right about every damn thing he said.
"Before we send our young men and women off to war, we need to really make sure that we're not sacrificing them so that rich and powerful men can prosecute a war for oil."
Too bad we did not heed that wise advice from a politician who dared speak the truth even at the cost of her own political career.
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