Greenspan tells the truth. For a day. - THE IRAQ WAR IS ALL ABOUT OIL.

Why is it so dangerous for someone like Alan Greenspan's to state the truth? He simply pointed out the elephant in the room that everyone is trained to ignore - THE IRAQ INVASION WAS ABOUT SECURING THE WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST OIL RESERVES FOR THE U.S.
Then he is harangued into back tracking. It's ridiculous. No one who has an elemental understanding of history thinks the war was about WMDs or "spreading democracy" - HA! Yes, and Rome invaded Egypt to end the scourge of Cleopatra - Grain had nothing to do with it. And Spain took over the New World to help spread Christianity. Gold and land had nothing to do with it. Even the war plan telegraphs the truth: we sent just enough troops in to protect the oil fields and do nothing else. Of course, leave it to nincompoop conservatives (redundant...) to botch even a simple resource war with a weak country. The most maddening part of this collective and panicky denial is that:
A. Understanding that the invasion was about a precious resource makes the war sad, but realistic. We must all take responsibility for the way we live - which is excessively dependant of oil. President Carter understood what was coming back in the 70's. Turns out the Bushies are actually not so dumb after all. They may have at least partially been looking out for American interests. Either we get the remaining oil or someone else does... They are not expanding American power - they are salvaging it for another decade or two. If you think we don't need it to live the way we do - you, my friend, are delusional.
B. The denial that this war is a resource war stops the conversation we desperately need to have in the U.S. about oil depletion and dependency.
Of course, the Bushies would rather look stupid and make money until the oil runs out - than tell the American people the truth: We face the end of the cheap-fossil-fuel era. It is no exaggeration to state that reliable supplies of cheap oil and natural gas underlie everything we identify as the necessities of modern life -- not to mention all of its comforts and luxuries: central heating, air conditioning, cars, airplanes, electric lights, inexpensive clothing, recorded music, movies, hip-replacement surgery, national defense -- you name it.