Rumsfeld Unveils New Justification For Iraq War: High Gas Prices

[kpete]

Rumsfeld Unveils New Justification For Iraq War: High Gas Prices

Prior to the war, the administration stressed that the United States needed to invade Iraq because Saddam Hussein possessed WMDs and had connections to al-Qaeda. None of that turned out to be true.

Now, Secretary Defense has introduced a new rationale for the invasion of Iraq, high gas prices. From a radio interview last week:

SECRETARY RUMSFELD: The fact of the matter is - if Saddam Hussein were still in power in Iraq, he would be rolling in petrol dollars. Think of the price of oil today. He would have so much money. And he would be seeing the Iranians interested in a nuclear program, he would be seeing the North Koreans developing a nuclear program, and he’d say well why shouldn’t he - and he would. So we’re fortunate that he’s gone.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/17/rumsfeld-gas-prices/

[marmar]

1. He's like an old, senile dog that needs to be euthanized...

:crazy:

[notadmblnd]

2. whatever you need to tell yourself to get you through the night

Rummy. Personally, I think you're grasping at straws. Maybe it's time for him to have his physician up his meds?

[shadowknows69]

8. Or change them

Morphine, lots of morphine.

[jimshoes]

3. Just what is Iraq

rolling in now, don? We sure made things better for them, didn't we.

[soothsayer]

4. Hey, who's making the fortune on Iraq's oil now? I bet it ain't the

ordinary citizens

[ChairmanAgnostic]

5. please tell us you are making this up. PLEASE!

delusional doesn't even begin to cut it.

[muesa]

6. High gas prices also include

1. Some scarcity due to "lost" Iraqi production.
   
2. War risk insurance on oil tankers - especially in the Persian Gulf.
   

[global1]

7. Is He Saying This As Gas Prices Are Going Down Now To Use It....

as evidence that we are winning in Iraq?

[Amonester]

9. And the Iranians are happy Darth Chenious and Herr Rummie...

squandered the U.S. credit-card, sent (soon) 3,000 young Americans to their non-absolutely necessary death, and tens of thousands others who will be permanently handicaped so they installed their 'Chalabian' best friends at the top of their new 'democratic' neighbor.

The radicals in Tehran have won.

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