Get a clue. As Iraq spins further out of control in sectarian violence, and Vice President Cheney visits Saudi Arabia this week, let's speak plainly about what we went to Iraq for in the first place.....it's the OIL, STUPID. Click on the map to learn more about the military bases.
And now the permanent military bases. From which we'll harvest the oil and launch other pre-emptive strikes.
And now the permanent military bases. From which we'll harvest the oil and launch other pre-emptive strikes.
AW It seems clearer every day that the original purpose of the Iraqi invasion was not the elimination of nonexistent weapons of mass destruction or the installation of democracy – which has been a failure – but simply an excuse to squat militarily on the second-largest oil reserves in the world.
GlobalSecurity.org As of mid-2005, the U.S. military had 106 forward operating bases in Iraq, including what the Pentagon calls 14 “enduring” bases (twelve of which are located on the map) – all of which are to be consolidated into four mega-bases.
