The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

My apologies. I did not intend to put words into your mouth. As I read what you said, the war in Iraq is an intentional attempt to destabilize the region and therefore keep gasoline prices elevated, thus enriching the oil companies and also to prolong the reconstruction as long as possible to that funds can flow into the pockets of companies who will conveniently fail to so. That we ****ed up Iraq on purpose and that in actuality post-war Iraq is proceeding completely according to Iraq. If that is what you were saying then what followed in my response was just me putting it in with all the other crackpottery out there where I think it belongs, not an attempt by me to read all the crackpottery into what you said.

If that is not what you were saying then I hope you'll find the time to set me straight.

As for the 100 Orders, have you actually read them or just internalized what you read in blogs? Here they are. Here's a rundown of the criticism of them (some of it certainly warranted). There is some creative misrepresentation and some legitimate policy disputes and a whole lot of simply saying something that is true but isn't really bothersome (oh no, they allowed foreign companies to own businesses in Iraq -- except in natural resources).