Is the war with Iraq about oil when all is said and done? The anti-war movement seems to think so. I am not so sure. Unless the peace movement has discovered telepathy, I don’t think that it's in any better position to divine the hidden thoughts or motivations of George Bush and Tony Blair than I am. Arguing about motives that have not been stated, therefore, is a waste of time - claims cannot …showed first 75 words of 1013 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1013 total…ambitions of Saddam Hussein than, say, the ambitions of Robert Mugabe. Still, if seizing oil fields from anti-western regimes is the name of the game, why aren't U.S. troops massing on the Venezuelan border and menacing Castro "Mini-Me" Hugo Chavez? In sum, the argument that the war with Iraq is fundamentally about oil doesn't add up. While everyone loves a nice, tidy political morality play, I doubt there is one to be found here