Antonia Juhasz, author of the article below, has long been a chronicler of United States economic actions and motives in Iraq. She is a Visiting Scholar at the Washington, DC-based Institute for Policy Studies. Juhasz is an expert on all aspects of international trade and finance policy with a Masters Degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University and experience as a legislative assistant to two United States Members of Congress. She is author of The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time.
I've never been completely sold on oil access and economics being THE primary reason for the Iraq invasion. Partial grounds, yes, along with the burning psychological need for George Bush to top his father, the need for a George Bush legacy, the simmering neo-con desire to put their long cloistered policy into real time action, a touch of international manifest destiny and more.
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