60 minutes on CBS featured a story of the Iraqi defector known as "Curve Ball" a.k.a Rafid Ahmed Alwan. According to the story, "Curve Ball" provided intelligence about one of Saddam Hussein's "non-existent" WMD programs. This so-called compelling story helped forge the case Colin Powell gave before the United Nations weeks prior to invading Iraq.

I can start off by saying how incompetent our government is but I'll take a different approach to this. If you ask me, I believe Bush and his croonies always planned an invasion of Iraq. They never found any evidence to substantiate WMD claims. Even intelligence reports from other foreign agencies discredited any analysis that suggested that Saddam was brewing lethal weapons in his back yard. And I don't believe that you're stupid enough to think that some unknown Iraqi character (probably paid by the U.S. government to concoct fake intelligence) was so compelling that he brainwashed the whole intelligence community. This war has never been about WMD's so let's stop beating around the bush.

This war is about oil. Crude oil. If you're not living on Mars, you know that Crude oil is headed for $100. And with the growing demand for oil in the US, India and China, $100 barrel oil is here to stay so get comfy. I'm cranking up my plans to purchase a power bike as we speak. President Bush is just doing us a favor by invading Iraq (and lining the pockets of his warmonger buddies in one fell swoop). As Commander-in-Chief, he has to take step to secure our future. Our future as we see it: Big gas guzzling SUVs and monstrous homes in surburbia among other things. We just wish that lil' Bush had a bit of an imagination. If he did, he certainly would have been more diplomatic with the land grab in Iraq.

Ultimately, we got what we wanted: a secure oil supply. What we didn't want: No goodwill in the world, soaring deficits, and a depressed U.S dollar. What everyone knows but won't admit: The U.S. is never leaving Iraq. And no matter what the presidential candidates say now about leaving Iraq. They're lying through their teeth. Bookmark this post and contact me in 5 years. Those U.S. oil fields in Iraq...oops...I meant Iraqi oil fields are not switching hands anytime soon. And that's what this war is about. Don't fret. You voted for him or didn't do enough not to get him elected. If you want to do something about it, start by curbing your energy consumption. Then, vote for a more diplomatic and fiscally responsible land grabber.

"Curve Ball"...yeah right. Whatever!

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