Posted on 11/26/2007 12:29:27 PM PST by fanfan
(Former (Liberal) Prime Minister Jean) Chretien tells TV host he believes U.S. invasion of Iraq was for oil
MONTREAL — Jean Chretien believes the United States invaded Iraq for oil.
The former prime minister told the popular Radio-Canada television show Tout le monde en parle why he thinks U.S. President George W. Bush declared war on the Middle Eastern country in 2003.
“There are some people who suspect it was oil, for the control of oil. . . ,” Chretien said in French during the interview, which aired Sunday evening.
The show’s host, Guy A. Lepage, then told Chretien he thinks everyone believes the invasion was for oil.
“Well, me too,” Chretien said.
In 2003, Chretien said he would not send Canadian troops to Iraq without UN approval.
“Saddam (Hussein) was a very bad dictator, but he was not a religious dictator,” he said Sunday.
“He fought against religious leaders in Iran, and that was an excuse (for the Americans) to go to Iraq. It doesn’t make sense.”
So, where’s the oil?
Yeah were is the oil. Wasn’t taking Kuwait’s enough?
I guess Chretien has it.
Maybe Gore.
Yup he’s on to us. That’s why we’ve been bathing in cheap gas prices for the last 5 years.
Oil? Oil? We don’t need no steeeeeennnking oil.....
All you can drink at $100 a barrel.
Cheap at half the price./s
Yep, I wish it would hurry up and get here...
“Saddam (Hussein) was a very bad dictator, but he was not a religious dictator,” he said Sunday. “He fought against religious leaders in Iran, and that was an excuse (for the Americans) to go to Iraq. It doesn’t make sense.”Neither does any of what Chretien says...what the heck is he talking about? He wasn't a religious dictator so he was OK? What oil have we taken from Iraq?
Which again makes him a good dictator? What's his point? Stalin, Hitler and Mao weren't religious either. Maybe he wants to imply that religious people are worse. That's the gist.
“He fought against religious leaders in Iran, and that was an excuse (for the Americans) to go to Iraq.
Huh? Was it our "excuse" to go to Iraq, that he fought religious leaders in Iran!?
It doesn’t make sense.
I fully agree Monsieur Cretin. You don't make sense.
The Brown Acid again...
I thought he had stroked out by this time. Hows his son doing?
Why does Iraq sell the oil on the world market for market prices? If we invaded to take oil, why aren’t we taking it? This makes no sense whatsoever.
... plus there are no armed citizens.
“”There are some people who suspect it was oil, for the control of oil. . . ,”””
Hilarious, coming from the guy whose daughter is married into the Desmarais family.
And we give this frozen semi-frog relevance why? He needs to get ack to his corrupt little liberal swamp where he belongs.
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