Is it only about getting control over Iraq s oil?
No. Long before September 11, 2001, during George Bush Sr. s Presidency, Paul Wolfowitz (now assistant secretary of defense under Rumsfeld) and other advisors wrote a Defense Department report advocating that the US expand its military presence to achieve permanent domination of every region of the globe. The plan didn t get much support at the time so it was quickly shelved. But under the banner of the war on terrorism, these same people, who now serve George Bush Jr., are seizing the opportunity to put their plan into effect. They view installing a pro-US government in Baghdad as a critical step.
