Actually, if you examine the timing of the invasion of Iraq, the conduct of the war by the administration and what has been created on purpose in that country, the reason for the war becomes plain.

The simple answer is that George Bush, our "Big Oil" president, was following the standard monopolitic business model. Since virtually the entire world energy supply is controlled by a mere handful of corporations, which have formed an effective cartel, you have the classic monopoly. In normal business practice, you attempt to increase your profits by increasing your market share. But the very definition of a monopoly is that you already have all the market.

Therefore, the only way to increase profits is to increase demand. And the usual answer for that is to restrict supply.

If you check the news reports coming from the United Nations prior to the U.S. move to invade, you will see that there was a major movement forming in the United Nations to end the sanctions that had been placed on Saddam Hussein 10 years before. This is something Bush could not allow, because everyone knew that as soon as the sanctions were ended, Saddam was going to dump cheap oil on the market to kick-start his economy and start rebuilding.

So, we invaded and ended that threat to the profit margins of Big Oil. Since then, the conduct of the administration has been to perpetuate and exacerbate the conflict. Since a stable Iraq would again threaten profits by dumping cheap oil on the market in an effort to rebuild, there is no real effort by the administration to actually create such a thing as a stable Iraq. Again, it’s quite the contrary.

If you don't believe this, please check the truly gross profits of the Big Oil companies and how they're still going up.

When seen in this light, Bush and Co. are shown to be true geniuses, and they did it all while making us believe that it was for "spreading democracy."

— Stephen J. Schrader, Ventura