[lbo-talk] Australian has indiscreet moment

[Joseph Catron]

As Clinton famously reminded us, "was" and "is" are two very different
things.  I don't believe for a minute that oil security was the primary
motivation for the 2003 invasion, but have no problem suspecting that it has
a lot more to do with the ongoing occupation.

On 7/5/07, Robert Wrubel <bobwrubel at yahoo.com> wrote:

This Australian seems pretty stupid, not in admitting that the war in Iraq
> was about oil, but in believing that invasion and occupation was the way to
> achieve that objective.