[m4one]

It is a well known fact that Iraq has the second largest oil reserve after the Saudi's. The failure of George Bush Snr to heed to Margaret Thatcher demands to oust Saddam during the first gulf war created an opportunity for China and Russia to warm kichinichini to Saddam.

China's economic growth has been causing jitters in the west and their military build up means more oil is needed. Therefore the US (and Britto) had to figure out a way of getting back into Iraq (forget Afghanistan), oust the sitting regime and install an American friendly government under the guise of democracy. A west friendly government in Iraq means that they would in turn control the two largets oil reserves, namely Saudi Arabia and Iraq. This would in turn keep China's military buildup in check.

Afghanistan was never a primary concern for this administration. These guys let the Osama slip through their fingers when Bush shifted focus and resources to Iraq. Now we are in deficit, and the guy is still giving the rich bigger and hefty tax cuts. You do not push a trillion dollar tax cut and then go to war in the same week. Thats just plain stupid economics. Where will all the extra money come from? Clinton's economic policies had laid out a plan where the US government would have been debt free by 2015. For the first time in US history we had a balanced budget and infact had a surplus by the time Clinton was leaving office.