Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
It's not my interpretation, it's Greenspan's. After this 1 sentence excerpt made all the headlines, Greenspan went out of his way on numerous interviews to clarify his remarks to the effect of what I said above.


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He's restated that time and again in various interviews- all you have to do is look.
Thanks Xiahou, I appreciate your taking the time to provide a useful link. I am not saying that it was the only reason for going to war with Iraq, but it was certainly among the most important strategic reasons. It is that some wish to dismiss it out of hand that rattles my cage. I still cannot bring myself to trust the motives of an administration that has so readily taken the people for granted so-as if we are not bright enough to contemplate going to war for resources being strategically important. That's my real beef.