Richard Cohen’s WaPo column is worth a read. If anything, it will introduce you to the stellar logic of Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and this impressive feat of reasoning:
to maintain that the coming war with Iraq will be fought to control that nation’s oil. Kucinich, a presidential candidate, has made this charge before, and when Tim Russert asked him on “Meet the Press” to back it up, here is what he said:“I base that on the fact that there is $5 trillion worth of oil above and in the ground in Iraq, that individuals involved in the administration have been involved in the oil industry, that the oil industry would certainly benefit from having the administration control Iraq, and that the fact is that, since no other case has been made to go to war against Iraq, . . . oil represents the strongest incentive.”
OK, because Bush and Cheney worked in the oil industtry it is ipso facto the case the war with Iraq is about oil?
I think Mr. Kuninich needs to read the Hitchens piece I referernced earlier, as well as this piece on France’s interest in the region (raising the question about to whom it is that oil is the issue). An excerpt of interest:
Last year, Chirac’s France made more money out of the UN’s oil for food program than any other nation, and has consistently lobbied for reduced sanctions.
August 10th, 2024 at 10:27 am