the Greater Nomadic Council

Justified Paranoia

You know, I always felt that even if Iraq's oil supply were a motivation for invading, it was nevertheless a minor and secondary or tertiary one. Now, however:

Bush says that we've got to keep fighting in Iraq to keep the nation's oil supplies from falling into the wrong hands. "If Zarqawi and bin Laden gain control of Iraq, they would create a new training ground for future terrorist attacks; they'd seize oil fields to fund their ambitions; they could recruit more terrorists by claiming an historic victory over the United States and our coalition," the president said.

Did he unwittingly justify the criticisms of some of his most ardent opposition? I suspect that he's simply scatter-shooting now, saying anything he can to justify the unjustifiable and, now, playing on people's fears of raising gas prices. Nevertheless, many will no doubt interpret this statement as proof that it was all about the oil.