The little shit right winger on Hardball just said our 'strategic interest' in Iraq is OIL.

[spanone]

didn't we already know this?

[PA Democrat]

1. What a smarmy little tool. Tweety is chewing him up and spitting him out.

Did you catch the earlier discussion about Bush wanting a permanent presence in Iraq?

[babylonsister]

2. Good. It's not said loud or often enough imo. nt

[spanone]

3. they have no shame

[H2O Man]

4. It's strange

how the republicans started running low on lies, and so they begin to use the points the anti-war folks were making 4-5 years ago, pretending they support their side.

[lumberjack_jeff]

5. I long ago ceased to be amused at how the right wingers can smoothly morph...

from righteous indignation; "about oil!? How unamerican can you be! We're avenging our national tragedy!"
to bullying; "No, it's not about oil. It's about WMD. Saddam posed a clear and present danger. Only cut and runners fail to learn the lesson of history regarding appeasement."
to simple denial; "It's not about oil. It's about democracy. We are bringing freedom to the middle east".
to outright co-opting the accusation; "of course it's about oil. We have a strategic interest in assuring that we have an ample supply of SUV-juice."

And the media says... "well allrighty then".

[Raine]

6. Telling the truth

FINALLY...it's about time.

[indepat]

7. But what the little shit right winger probably did not say is that America is paying with vast

treasure, lives, blood, limbs, and brains scrambled; Iraq is paying with hundreds of thousands of casualties, millions of refugees, a destroyed country, homes, jobs, and economy; and the winner is: four big oil companies who stand to reap trillions of dollars in profits. That is the little nuance the little shit right winger probably left out.

[spanone]

8. wish i could recommend your comment !

:toast:

[DemBones DemBones]

9. The crawler on MSNBC just said "Sen. Hillary Clinton (R-NY)"

which should raise a few hackles. Or not.