Yeah, I know that you already knew that the war is about oil but here are some new quotes from the White House.
Speaking to the Associated General Contractors of America, yesterday the commander guy stated:
You know, the Iraq government has been in office about a year. And they're beginning to make some progress toward political benchmarks it has set, political benchmarks I support....snip....The council of ministers has approved legislation that would provide a framework for equitable sharing of oil resources. We strongly believe -- by the way, both Republicans, Democrats, and independents -- believe strongly that a good oil bill will help unite the country. That's why it's a benchmark. And they're making -- this government is making progress toward an important piece of legislation that would help the security track progress, as well as the political and economic track.
All emphasis is mine.
The Decider continued:
I worry about a situation where if radicals took control of a country like Iraq, they would have oil resources to use at their disposal to try to achieve their objectives. You can attack a nation several ways. One, you can get 19 kids to fly airplanes into buildings, or you can gain control of something a country needs and deny that country access to that, in this case, oil, and run the price of oil up, all attempting to inflict serious economic damage.
And by the way, an opportunity for radicals and extremists to gain resources would not only enable them to inflict economic damage, it would enable them to achieve other objectives. They'd have more resources at their disposal. All the radicals and extremists in Iraq don't want to attack America, I'm not saying that, but many do. And therein lies the danger to our country.
The Q&A session was kicked off with a two-part question. The second part was
And second is a personal question. What do you pray about, and how we can we pray for you?
Interesting question. Maybe for all those "kids" who are dying in Iraq, those who are suffering with horrible wounds, their families, or the Iraqi people. Nope. He'd like for you to pray for him and his.
Wisdom and strength, and my family, is what I'd like for you to pray for.
But that didn't surprise you either.
Just one more little quote from this address. It's the White House web site and that's in public domain. Copyright is not an issue...yet.
And I appreciate Senator Joe Lieberman....Senator Lieberman is an independent. Joe Lieberman is one of these -- I would call him a unique soul who followed his conscience, stood for what he believed in, in the face of a political firestorm.
No surprises at all here.