and a gift to the Saudi royalty(we can remove the troops from their country).
Something that should have been done long ago, but if they think they can
station them in Iraq instead, those Shi'ites may have something to say
about that. This whole operation was not well thought out. The permanent political
realities in the region are not conducive to stability.

Whether the Bush administration is cynically going after the oil or not, they are really
quite naive and over their heads, not clever conspirators. Yeah, we all knew that there were no WMD. Apparently no one cares much, but maybe the Democrats(cough) will try
to make an issue of it in the next election.