Reply #4: all of those Bush goals are, in fact, countered on the other side

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by many different, pernicious organizations and individuals who actually reside in the Mideast as they resist U.S. expansionism as well as provide for their own exploitation of events to further their own power, influence, or greed. Some in Iraq have taken on the al-Qaeda moniker, and others operate in anonymity as they exploit and plunder. Bush is just another in a long line of oppressors who would rape Iraq for their own hunger for power and influence.