the reason Bush did that, IMO, is that at the time, Bush did not
like the term ‘civil war’ applied to the conflict,
he preferred ‘insurgency’. so —>
the enemy was well supplied.
for several reasons, I did not like that.
On Cheney’s involvement, I will comment some other time.
Please explain what the relationship of dirt cheap gasoline to an insurgency vs a civil is? And what role of VP Cheney are you alluding to?
Your comments are cryptic but most interesting.
to post 17.
wombat.
for reasons I don’t fully understand.
Bush did not like the term ‘civil war’.
—>
real civil wars have boundaries, fronts,
and regions are kicked out of the legislature.
In the US civil war, the CSA states were
kicked out( or left) the Congress.
.....................
Kumbaya, Kumbaya,
Bush thinks (or says, not sure)
that Iraq is one big happy family.
no civil war here, .... the
problem are insurgents.
so (Bush contends) that there are no
‘enemy regions’, so all regions
must be supplied with food and other stuff