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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (7808)	6/13/2008 11:56:32 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 24213

But they did prevent Saddam from gaining power over the world economy by virtue of his untapped production capacity. That was the primary goal. It would have been much better if they would have been honest about their motives. But then they would have had to be truthful about peak oil. And they didn’t want to do that. It is counter to the narrative. WR, Let's not forget about Saddam's gambit to take over Kuwait's oil fields, as well as to directly threaten Saudi Arabia's... He initiated that "resource war" in the Persian Gulf and it was an inherent part of this national strategy. And while all of this theorizing about Cheney, PO, and getting Iraqi oil fields into production under some form of stable and democratic government is well and good, but I still hold the opinion that Saddam had to be overthrown in order to maintain the authority of the UNSC and it's binding resolutions. The entire UN organization was on the verge of going the way of the League of Nations, where every despot on the planet could thumb it's nose at the global community of nations. Furthermore, we saw that the economic interests of a few of those UNSC members were aimed at directly subverting the authority of the UNSC (specifically Chirac's France and Russia). The Oil For Food scandal revealed this to the entire world, and none of it would have been discovered without overthrowing Saddam. In sum, it's easy for you point out the Cheney/PO scenario as being the primary driver, while I can just as easily present my perspective related to preserving international order and rule of law. But the reality is somewhere in the middle. Hawk