CSPAN2 After Words January 12, 2014
I do think its true that were not for the fact that we have a culture and economy that demands immense quantities of cheap energy, combined with the fact that at least until quite recently the Persian Gulf Region contained the largest oil reserves, we never wouldve cared much about what goes on in that part of the world. That said, i would argue that the ambitions and the rationale within the Bush Administration for why they reached the conclusion that invading iraq was necessary go far beyond simply wanting to get the oil. And in some sense, in some senses it all the did was to want to get th...