It's certainly true that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein, and also without the people who supported him through his worst atrocities, … - Noam Chomsky

Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.

Amusing and perfectly self-conscious charlatans.

To gain control over this resource, and have probably military bases there, is a tremendous achievement for world control. You read counter-arguments to this, and they're worth looking at. So it's argued that it can't be true, because the costs of reconstruction are going to be greater than the profits that will be made. Well, maybe that's true, maybe it isn't, but it's totally irrelevant. And the reason is because the costs of reconstruction are going to be paid by the taxpayer, by you, and the profits are going to go right into the pockets of the energy corporations. So yeah, it doesn't matter how they balance out, it's just another taxpayer subsidy to the rich.