Darryl wrote: "Clearly, "taking out Saddam" had nothing to do with weapons of mass destruction (the U.N. inspectors had all but proven he had none before the U.S. found the courage to invade), or 9/11 (the plans were in play in the U.S. Administration *before* the planes hit the towers). It was not about getting the oil, as it was available for sale on the world market prior to the invasion. It wasn't about Iraq as a military threat in the region - the U.S. and U.K. were flying military and surveillance over the country *daily* prior to the invasion. It wasn't about Al- Qaeda - they despised Saddam. Hussein did not attack or threaten the U.S.
So, Henri, in your opinion, why had the Bush White House really decided to invade Iraq - prior to 9/11?" Could it be because the UN sanctions were failing and about to be lifted? The US was not about to allow the Saddam administration to get $10+ Billion in oil revenue each year knowing they would use it to resume their weapons programs. No, they did not have weapons of mass destruction yet, but they did have the know how and planned to build them ASAP once the sanctions were lifted. Mike _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
