If so, what is the war about?
In one word: oil.
There is a strong smell of oil in the air. Without smelling it, one cannot understand what is going on. But once one grasps what it is all about, the actions of Bush & Co., while cynical and hypocritical, are utterly logical.
These, then, are the American war aims:
# To take over the immense oil reserves of Iraq, among the world's biggest.
#To ensure American control of the nearby huge Caspian Sea oil reserves
# To reinforce indirect American control of the oil in all the Gulf states, such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iran.
Control of most of the worlds oil reserves will free the Americans, at long last, from the whims of the oil market. Their hand, and theirs alone, will be on the tab. They, and they alone, will fix the prices of oil all over the world. If they will want prices to rise, they will rise. If they will want them to go down, they will go down. With one single movement of the hand, they will be able to deal a crushing blow to the economies of Germany, France and Japan. No country in the world will be able to stand up to them in any matter. No wonder that Germany and France oppose the war. It is directed against them.
It follows that the Americans do not intend to enter Iraq, establish democracy and leave. The very idea is ridiculous.
The US enters Iraq in order to stay there, for years and decades. Its physical presence in the Arab and Muslim world will create a new geo-political reality.
Uri Avnery's News Pages
{the leading cause of death for American children is the use of the automobile. again, not drunk driving, the use of the car. this 'war' is about preserving the flow of oil into America. the preservation, not the elimination but the PRESERVING of the leading cause of death of American children is the reason this 'war' is about to happen. is that a satanic equation? is there a more satanic equation anywhere? has there ever been a more satanic equation than that?}
