Damnable Oil

The United States needs lots of oil if it would live in the style to which has become accustomed. The damnable thing is the United States does not have much oil. The U. S. must buy it from some people who do not hold much affection for the U. S.

Oil has nothing to do with the Iraq War. The U. S. is doing god’s handiwork by spreading freedom and democracy around the world. The large oil reserves in Iraq are merely coincidental as to why the U. S. picked Iraq as the place to begin its noble and sacred duty.

“What about all the oil contracts oil companies are negotiating at favorable terms in advance of the next Iraqi elections?,” someone asks. “Shut up, and write freedom and democracy on the blackboard 100 times,” I reply.