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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:24 PM Original message |
GREENSPAN: IRAQ WAR WAS ABOUT OIL |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Largely about oil? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Greenspan's articulating that is |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It may or may not be important..now |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. He makes me sick too. That's not the point |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Well part of it was about Bush & Co, giving away money for contractors & mercs |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Yes, largely for oil. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 09:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. they have oil too, which is why Bush has ever said anything sympathetic about it: |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. not true, it was also about ego, being a wartime preznit, and large-scale cronyism... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Control of Iraq's oilfields IS a criminal reason |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Never said it wasn't |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Old news. So when is congress going to impeach the two lying WH SOBs? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Old news or not, it's something Americans need to hear. n/t |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Unfortunately |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I'm not so sure.... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. And roughly 30% won't care that is was "largely about oil". Ya know, |
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Stargazer99 (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. I wonder if Greenspan is going to committ "sucicide" |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. How will we know? |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Your question does pose a problem! |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. if he bursts into flames when exposed to sunlight, it's natural causes... |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. And it always will be... (until the oil is depleted or alternative energy is used) |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. No Shit Sherlock.... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. Come to think of it...Andrea Mitchell is MIA! It just hit me after I saw this. She must have known |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. Why... do you mean to say.... |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's all about... HUNT OIL! Name names Alan............ |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. Even though Greenspan is no longer chairman of the Fed |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Did Greenspam say that it was a bad thing? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm saddened too--it shows our democracy is as real as the Potemkin Village in the Green Zone |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Well said. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. the last president to think he was actually in charge |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Carter thought he was, but found out otherwise. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. "Safari Club"? Is that some insider lingo I've missed before? What's the connotation? |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-15-07 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. Well...thanks for that update, Captain Obvious. If only you'd spoken up |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
26. Greenspan has really been trying to spit in Bush's eye . . .. what took so long????? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
27. If you can't sing the truth at 81, you aren't ever going to. |
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dave123williams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
30. Drudge's headline about this was 'SHOCK: GREENSPAN SAYS ITS ABOUT OIL' . I was not too shocked. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
31. Greenspan is just saying what everybody knows thats easy |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. funny how NONE of these enablers speak out when they can affect change. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Like LA Times not covering purge of black voters in Florida until 8 months after 2000 election |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
38. As the saying goes... |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-16-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. "JFK assassination and UFOs" |
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