thinkprogress.org — Inquiring about Vice President Dick Cheney’s motivations to go to war, CBC Radio One host Jim Brown noted that Cheney “doesn’t strike me as someone who would be particularly motivated by idealistic visions.” McClellan agreed, adding that Iraq’s oil occupied Cheney’s mind more than anything else.
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obliviousfoolJul 8, 2008
This idea that Dick Cheney somehow cares about Iraq's freedom has always made me chuckle. Look at the man. Look at Halliburton. Look at what Halliburton does. Look at Cheney's energy task force. Look at the bills they've written. Look at Cheney's time as Secretary of War. Freedom? This man pisses in the mouth of freedom. He wants to bomb your town, then sell you a new one.
rrifeJul 9, 2008
This sounds like his personal opnion and not "fact"...so big deal.
delphium226Jul 9, 2008
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Closed AccountJul 9, 2008
McClellan is a bit player who came in years after Saddam instigated the war with the US. Now he is just a sleazeball trying to make a buck off of the ignorant liberals.
sodadeJul 9, 2008
I agree with the pragmatic worldview Red, but the problem is that this blood oil costs us way too much in the long run.
publiclurkerJul 9, 2008
Like we'd expect the truth from Fox.
jj2meJul 9, 2008
I can't believe such a move was instituted purely for personal greed. I've always thought that the conservative think tanks had decided that America's dominance depended on cheap oil, and they came up with a plan. (George Bush's friendship with the Saudis was viewed as a bonus.) In their minds, it might have been some type of practical patriotism.The problem with these think tanks is their surety. They think they can determine a course of action that will work. Life is never that certain. That level of surety is arrogance leading to group stupidity. Better to be a principled country, things will more likely fall in place. Especially now with instant world-wide communication.
robbiedoJul 9, 2008
How about all the lives of the innocent Iraqis which have been utterly destroyed, let alone all that would not have been killed.