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Originally Posted by msufan

So let's piece everything together... more and more people today are dissatisfied with the war in Iraq, and wants our troops out of there. Bush figures, this isn't a war about Iraq, like you think, people, this is a war for oil. But he can't say that because to admit that this is a war for oil is to admit that this is not a virtuous war effort, and it also emboldens other countries (China?) to pursue more vigorous rebuttals as well.

So he started with the WMD excuse, when there weren't any, he shifted the focus to Saddam and freeing the Iraqi people, then the focus becomes setting up an Iraqi constitution and government, then the focus becomes fighting insurgents and terrorists in Iraq, etc., etc. And the months tick by, and we continue to have access to Middle East oil.

So Bush allows himself to be portrayed as a bumbler, when really he's trying to do something completely different than what he says. People say he's backtracking or spinning things all the time, but in reality he's very dedicated to his original mission... getting oil.

Right direction?

There is more to it than just oil there is also the military positioning aspect, but yes I would think this is the right direction. Many people think Bush is more of a pawn than some genius who devised all of this.