George Bush lied, war for oil, Haliburton, we had Saddam contained, blah,blah,blah
Raymond S. Kraft is a writer and lawyer living in Northern California. Here, IMO, is a well written article that puts perspective to the question, "Why are we in Iraq".
A long read, with a lot of historical background, that many of us have probably forgotten from our history classes those many years ago. History, that I suspect , has never registered with, or possibly been taught to, current and younger generations.
He does take the liberty to poke at liberals a bit at the very end, but that shouldn't stand to blind anyone from the main thrust of the article.
A good read: http://www.ranchers.net/forum/about8945.html
I didn't post this to start a discussion, or debate the author, only to offer a solid read.

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