GREENSPAN KNOWS IT
IF FEEL THIS IS HOW AMERICA LIKES TO PLAY IT
1.) SANCTIONS AGAINST COUNTRY ON FALSE ACCUSATIONS
2.) MOVE AN ARMY TO THE LOCALLITY
3.) INVADE THE OIL RICH COUNTRY AND CAUSE INTERNAL DISTURBANCE.
4.) STEAL THE OIL
5.) LOOK FOR ANOTHER COUNTRY TO STEAL THE OIL AND FURTHER RUIN WORLD ACCORD.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, for years an inscrutable seer on the economy, is causing a stir by alleging in his new memoir that "the Iraq war is largely about oil."
Greenspan, who as head of the US central bank was famous for his tight-lipped reserve, is uncharacteristically direct, also accusing President George W. Bush of abandoning Republican principles on the economy.
"I'm saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows -- the Iraq war is largely about oil," he wrote in reported excerpts of "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World," which is set for release on Monday.
2007-09-17 01:43:56 · 13 answers · asked by JOHN 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
PAULTEWING. YOUR CLEARLY A REPUBLICAN THEN?
2007-09-19 02:23:32 · update #1
i agree with you
2007-09-20 20:59:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The war in Iraq is about oil.. but not only Iraqi oil. its about all the oil in the middle east - Arabian gulf area that would have been threatened by leaving Saddam Hussein in power. If he had been left he would have grown his army and his weapon capabilities and eventually attacked Kuwait - Saudi Arabia - united Arab emeritus and others, with potential risk of cutting the flow of oil from these countries which would have had dire effects on the world economy!. Now that Iraq is no longer a threat, the mantle of suspicion falls upon IRAN, who's is well known to building up its army and weapons capability in much the same way has IRAQ was.. Sooner or later Iran will have to be dealt with, which probably means that a very tough time in the near future for the whole world.
2007-09-17 03:16:49 · answer #2 · answered by robert x 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
If you watch the Greenspan interview from a couple of days ago, or better still read the book, you will know that this one statement has been taken totally out of context.
Propaganda at its best....well done!!
2007-09-21 01:02:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Greenspan, who wrote in his memoir that "the Iraq War is largely about oil," said in a Washington Post interview that while securing global oil supplies was "not the administration's motive," he had presented the White House before the 2003 invasion with the case for why removing the then-Iraqi leader was important for the global economy."
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It's NOT about the U.S. "stealing" the Iraqi oil, it's about securing the oil supplies for the GLOBAL ECONOMY.
2007-09-17 03:25:15 · answer #4 · answered by Mutt 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The primary consideration was a genuine belief that the US troops were going to bring about a better tomorrow for the Iraqis. That was what they believed in (and some still do - and why not?).
2007-09-17 07:06:47 · answer #5 · answered by Wise Kai 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Greetings. add to the list on how we play. Genocide against the population in question. Theft of all valuable items, like the priceless items that disappeared from the Museum in Baghdad. and jewelry that is taken from Iraqi citizens and magically disappears? Or the destruction of and non restoration of hospitals, power stations, water purification plants and sewage disposal plants, then awarding the contract to repair and restore them at extreme high cost to corporations like Halliburton. And it is not how America plays it. it is how the Republican Party plays it. America is not behind the genocide wars the Republicans glory in. It is just captive without any hope of rescue either. During World War 2 we said Nazis invade, pick a country. not Germany invades. Now they say America invades, not Republicans invade another nation. wonder why?
2007-09-17 02:12:47 · answer #6 · answered by Rich M 3 · 0⤊ 6⤋
#1. It's not about OIL, if we are stealing all this oil why are our prices so high??
#2. When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor where were we? minding our own business....So we went there....
#3. Was Hitler over Oil? We went there??
come on now, When Al Queda came here killing We went to them.....dosen't matter where they are.....
2007-09-17 02:37:47 · answer #7 · answered by snickers 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
the problems is the september 11 and iraq is the one who support that action due to the sadam,he was pay for who do that therefore that is the cause this is according to henry
2007-09-18 00:22:33 · answer #8 · answered by henry s 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
A politician said it's about oil. OMG! It must be true!!!
2007-09-17 02:00:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
You have the mentality of a Retarded Brick.
2007-09-17 09:44:40 · answer #10 · answered by Johnny Reb 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋