The root of all evil

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Not sure what that's doing here, but OK, I'll play along

 

Gen. John Abizaid, former commander of CENTCOM with responsibility for Iraq

"Of course it's about oil, it's very much about oil, and we can't really deny that.

 

Former Bush speechwriter David Frum, author of the infamous "Axis of Evil" claim in Bush's 2002 State of the Union address

"In 2002, Chalabi joined the annual summer retreat of the American Enterprise Institute near Vail, Colorado. He and Cheney spent long hours together, contemplating the possibilities of a Western-oriented Iraq: an additional source of oil, an alternative to US dependency on an unstable-looking Saudi Arabia."

 

Current US Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel:

 

"People say we're not fighting for oil. Of course we are. They talk about America's national interest. What the hell do you think they're talking about? We're not there for figs."

 

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan

"I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil."