On: Nerds and Jocks

[DTrejo]

>And if he's so smart, why didn't he anticipate the Iraq quagmire? Maybe he desired one?

He desired and planned one.

[TriinT → DTrejo]

That makes sense. A quagmire would provide the U.S. Military an excuse to stay in Iraq for years and control the Middle East's oil fields.

With NATO in Afghanistan and closer ties with the former Soviet republics in Eurasia, the U.S. could deny China land access to energy resources. The icing on the cake would be a major war against Iran. That would allow the U.S. to effectively control the world's energy resources.

[DTrejo → TriinT]

Cheney and Bush have strong ties to many of the corporations making money in Iraq as a result of the conflict.