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In reply to the discussion: MSNBC: "A hoax. That's what it was.": New evidence that Bush scammed the nation into war. [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Cheney, Jeb, Wolfewitz, and most of the other "players" in that administration were founders and longtime members of PNAC, which had the goal of establishing the US as the sole world empire via military control of the world's oil. PNAC at one point had a list of target countries to invade and take over. Iraq was #1 on that list; Afghanistan was #2. 9/11 gave them the excuse; they simply needed to reverse the order of their 1st two targets.
Despite their pretense to the contrary, they are fully aware of the reality of peak oil and know that whoever controls the oil supply controls the world.
Destroying our economy was just an unexpected side benefit from their perspective. They honestly expected the wars to be a "cakewalk," the stolen oil to pay for the war, and to be able to continue down their wet dream of taking over all the resource-rich countries in the world.