Bush war for oil conspiracy theories.?
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I am a liberal and have never used the "war for oil" argument. The argument I use is "war for riches". It made no difference who we attacked, as long as we attacked somebody. Halliburton is recording record profits, and Dick Cheney by extension. Bush's father is making a lot of money through the Carlyle Group, which owns United Defense Industries, United States Marine Repair, and EG&G Technical Services, all of which are turning heavy profits from this war.\n\nAs for the correlation between Bush and gas prices, I think his actions have a direct, although unintentional, effect of raising them. It's supply and demand. Before the war Iraq produced 3.5 million barrels of oil per day. Now they are producing 1.6 million. Oil prices spiked slightly when the administration talked about attacking Iran for the first time - fear speculation.\n\nThere are an equal number of sheeple on both sides of the aisle. Blindly following anyone is not patriotism, it's stupidity.
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What - do you think Yahoo Message board admins would let people post that Bush wouldn't know global warming if it flooded the White House, or that Bush is flip-flopping about withdrawing troops from Iraq ?\nNot a chance.  The boards will stay down until some pro-Bush hack makes a press release that shows their policies in a good light.
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Nice argument.  It's almost like when you ask:\nOR\nWhy do we have more oil than Iran but can't touch it because environmentalists won't let us drill of the Atlantic or Pacific or in Alaska or off the coast of Florida?\nOR\nWhy did the secret Echelon Program (eavesdropping & call-logging) reach its peak during the Clinton era?\nOR\nHow is it that Bush "didn't do enough" to prevent 9/11 but now he's "doing too much" to try and stop another one?\n\nInteresting, isn't it?
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BUSH'S DEEP REASONS FOR WAR ON IRAQ: OIL, PETRODOLLARS, AND THE OPEC EURO QUESTION
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Bush and the oil companies record profits. If there wasn't record profits there wouldn't be any problem. They are gouging America, and Bush is allowing it to happen.
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Those scheming Iraqis ! In spite of our technology and military they somehow managed to get our oil under their sands.\n\n   That is exactly why Bush wanted justice by making them return our oil. I am totally clueless how anyone can blame him.
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Well... NO BLOOD FOR OIL!!!  HALIBURTON CONTROLS THE WORLD!!!  ISRAEL CONTROLS THE US!!!  QUAGMIRE!!!  QUAGMIRE!!!  QUAGMIRE!!!  OLD CHIMPY IS STUPID!!!  BUSH DESTROYED THE TWIN TOWERS.  PERSONALLY!!!  ROVE IS EVIL!!!    (note:  Due to my morally relativistic views, I normally would never call anything evil, but Karl Rove and his zombie henchmen (Bush / Cheney, etc.) are so CLEARLY evil from every possible perspective, so I have no qualms about calling THEM evil)\n\nI know you were looking for a conspiracy theory, with an actual logic of sorts, and not JUST slogans, but I have yet to actually hear these theories explained.
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I think the entire energy crisis was created by the oil industry to envoke just such a reaction. They want to get people scared so they are willing to give up their concerns about the environment just as they are willing to give up their civil liberites in order to feel protected. The president sits back and watches it all happen because lets face it he is an oil man from an oil family and somewhere along the line his family and friends are getting richer off all this. I think its all a conspiracy. Our children and our grandchildren will pay the price in an egologically destroyed world
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Are you aware we don't even know who make our energy policy. Oh, Cheney and some of his budies.  I wonder if the record profits the oil companies are making could have anything to do with Cheney and his secret policy energy making group?
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Because Bush needs the oil!
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Those of you claiming that Prof Adam is saying these things are all Bush's fault by calling it the Summer of Bush, He never said it was Bush's direct fault, so maybe you're seeing something and believe it is eh?  And yes these things are directly Bush's fault, but as the President it is his job to repair them.  Lying to the American people, spying on them and starting a war in the wrong country (Note: War ALWAYS raises gas prices) is not the best way to repair things.\n\nIn any case, yes it's going to be another Summer or Bush.  Sure others have had corruption in the past, thing is, they either didn't get caught or didn't end of using the lies to the public to start a war.  Clinton I would say is guilty of the opposite lie, Not telling us enough of what is going on.  Bush makes up stuff to tell us instead.  I can't speak on Enviro Pollution cause I haven't heard anuything new on it but as far as the rest, yeah it'll happen.  Then expect some damage control right around November.
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hello frnds.i fully agree that the iraqi war was all due 2 the oil rights.it had nothin 2 do with any nuclear weapons or weapons of mass destruction said 2 be possesed by iraq.it was just a rumour created by the greedy US politicians 2 justify their cause of attackin iraq and in the process gainin control over the iraqi oil wells.as such it has been 2 yrs since iraq has been under the control of the US.no weapons of mass destruction has been found uptil date.so it goes on 2 show the farce the US played.
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From the very beginning of the {Bush Ad min} I have been watching the Environmental Protection Agencies & what they have to say about the Bush Administrations waste. The E.P.A. never says anything when asked how & when, & what is the Bush Admin going to do w/all of the {Fossil Fuels} that he wants to waste in no time flat. It would auctually Cost the American Tax Payer a whole lot more money to build & Pay off the Alaskan Citizens w/incentives from those {Revenues form all that Oil}At the same time the Carribue Herd in Alaska would be re-routed from their original (Ancient Paths that have been around before Mankind can fix a date on.Changeing the Carribue & the Natural habis of getiing around is to cruel of an act that will only be around for a short while. The Republican Party has been a cold & calculative bunch that see;s no end th their lack of vision for our very planet, & it's atmosphere.
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Hey i couldn't agree more with you. Bush fought a war for oil because of his greed.
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We havent taken any of the oil and Bush has made no money off of it.  The war wasnt about the oil as some would have you believe.
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Of course there's a conspiracy!\nProblem is it's never straight forward.  \nWho stood to gain form 9/11?\nThe Bush Admin given a reason to invade Iraq & take all that un-tapped oil.  Since then we've discovered that Bush's own brother held the Insurance policy for the Twin Towers.\nThe Israelis seen celebrating as the Buildings fell.  & The fight against Terrorism began in earnest.\n\nWho stood to lose?  \nThe rest of the World that's not allowed to criticise America & that Mr Bush Jr is a loose cannon, with a whole nation of Patriotic numb-skulls!\nWe wonder what he'll do next to feather his nest & damn the rest of us to an ensuing Jihad from Mr Bushs Duff foreign policy!
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There isn't any.  Only the tin-foil-hat crowd that looks for some kind of justification for attacking Iraq, ( outside of oil ) even care to try.  Note they offer no direct evidence, just misleading and unsupported claims and maybe a link to a conspiracy website or two.