Okay, I’ll admit to skimming this, however this might explain why EU resistance to this action in Iraq was so fierce.. and is yet another perspective on the overly-simplistic “War is about oil” mantra. -Ian. —-
It seems that somebody forwarded a FOIB message from me to a bunch of Neo-Conservatives and so for the last few days I have been besieged by endless reams of all-too-familiar drivel from Pro-Bush supporters. Frankly, I’m not willing to spend much effort to...
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0304.marshall.html Practice to Deceive Chaos in the Middle East is not the Bush hawks’ nightmare scenario–it’s their plan. By Joshua Micah Marshall Imagine it’s six months from now. The Iraq war is...
Begin forwarded message: > From: “DM” > Date: Tue Mar 25, 2003 11:29:43 PM US/Pacific > To: > Subject: te from dm > > I’ve heard a report that the Bush team have contracted their first > American > company to rebuild the oil well in Iraq. The report...
The General appears to be correct. However, he has missed one point: today’s failed Apache assault appears to reveal the cold reality that much of the coming Battle of Baghdad will occur without effective Close Air Support from tools like the A-10, the Apache,...
