->> was largely (tho' not entirely) ignored.  Anyway, when he
->> & Rumsfeld were invited into the Bush II adminsitration,
->> they began positioning for a new assault on Saddam.  9/11
->> was both an interruption of their internal campaign, but
->> also an opportunity to attach Saddam to the anti-terrorism
->> war.  Their theory (which has NOTHING to do with oil) is
->> that now that the US is the only superpower and can act
->> unrestrained by other states, it has both the ability and
->> the OBLIGATION to advance human rights, democracy (& maybe
->> free markets, too) to places governed by violent,
->> dictatorial regimes. Also, democratic

 EC> If that is in fact "their theory," then it should be easy to
 EC> demonstrate it with some verbatim quotations.

you've got what i've got... i'm just delivering the message... you want
"proof"? do the research you appear to be asking me to do ;-)

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