[Tom Bombadil]

I'd sure like to know the answesrs to these questions, wouldn't you?

The answers are found in the integrity of the person running the show if the oil fields are protected from damage by the Iraqi military.

I suspect that GWB would reserve the oil for the use of the Iraqi people and that the fields would be turned over very quickly to a new Iraqi government.

The cynical political view would probably hold otherwise, but that view lacks credibility anyway.

[WhiteGuy]

The answers are found in the integrity of the person running the show if the oil fields are protected from damage by the Iraqi military.

Your words, not mine.

I, for one, am NOT looking forward to additional profiteering and $2.00 per gallon gas.