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OIL FOR BLOOD(IT WAS NOT 'GOING TO WAR WITH IRAQ' THAT WAS 'ALL ABOUT OIL,' BUT RATHER, 'NOT GOING TO WAR WITH IRAQ') by Mia T, 12.08.04 virtualclintonlibrary.blogspot.com hillarytalks.blogspot.comvirtualhillary.blogspot.comhillarytalks.ushillarytalks.orgfiendsofhillary.blogspot.comfiendsofhillary.usfiendsofhillary.orgfraudsofhillary.com missus clinton's REAL virtual office updatejohnkerryisdangerousforamerica.blogspot.com COPYRIGHT MIA T 2004 KOFI'S EMBARRASSMENT: FRAUD AT TURTLE BAY December 7, 2004 -- Massive corruption and incompetence in the Oil-for-Food program gave Saddam Hussein every reason to believe he would eventually beat the system, hence his perpetual evasiveness. Far from promoting peace, U.N. malfeasance was the most significant factor that made war with Iraq inevitable. Our country and our soldiers are paying the...

"It's really about oil." That's the first thing many suspicious Arabs say about U.S. policy in the Middle East -- and the first thing some skeptical Americans also say. Let's assume for the moment that the cynics are right: When you peel away all the high-minded talk about Arab democracy, America's national interest lies in maintaining a reliable supply of oil at stable prices. So the first question about a war with Iraq is what it will do to the oil market. Looking through this narrow lens of economic self-interest, some analysts foresee disaster. They warn of rising oil prices...