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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (28050)	9/18/2003 2:12:40 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Sorry Jeffrey, I'm not buying it. Over a year ago, I had a similar belief. In a series of posts that could be summed up with the phrase It's the oil, baby!, I delineated how the only way out of the money for oil going to Wahabi madrassas, was to get an alternative oil source. While in no way saying that the Iraqi "adventure" doesn't have an oil component, that wasn't (IMO) what was driving the people that started this war. One wonders if Jeffery has taken the time to read the DPG 1992-1994, and Rebuilding America's Defenses. Until he does, and successfully refutes the thesis of the neo-con hegemony motivation, I'm not buying his idea. Oil as a lubricant for hegemony, sure. But as the primary motivation, just doesn't work for me. JMO lurqer

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (28050)	9/18/2003 2:14:11 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

The Real Reason for the War in Iraq.... ISRAEL! Zionist neocons in alliance with the AIPAC and other Israeli lobbies were the principle engine which pushed America into this war. Why? Because of Israel's geopolitical ambitions. The theological and political ambitions of Zionism demand that Israel establishes hegemony over the Middle Eastern oil reserves. Before Israel destabilized the Middle East with their wars of aggression to accumulate more land, the Arab nations were friends of America. The Zionist agenda has changed all of this because it was in Israel's interest to drive a wedge between America and her Arab friends. The invasion of Iraq is only the last episode in Israel's drive for hegemony. It is also true that without the help of the heretical Christian Zionists Israel could have never pulled it off!