Parag+Karkhanis+Iraq+War+Conspiracy+Theories

=Iraq War Conspiracy Theories=

Oil Theory:
People believe that war was over oil because both Bush and Cheney had many partners in the oil industry that would gain and benefit from seeking large oil reserves in iraq.

Bush Legacy Theory:
People believe that since the gulf war in 1991 was not a “success” (meaning Saddam Hussein was not taken out of power) president Bush wanted to go back to iraq and defeat and take Hussein out of power. The reason for war being oil is much more plausible than the war being over the bush legacy. The oil theory has factual evidence behind it. The Bush legacy theory is purely speculation. The only true reason for the Bush legacy theory is that George Bush Sr. and George Bush Jr. are related. If the president before Bill Clinton had been different, this theory would not even exist. There have been no statements, no documents, and no events that have backed this theory.

Altered CIA Reports Theory:
Many people believe that war was based on falsified reports, that Colin Powell based his UN speeches to convince them to go to war on bad intel from the CIA. The US altering CIA reports to go to war goes along with the oil theory because the US government may have altered the reports in order to gain a reason to go to war. They could have added WMD speculation to the reports to make Powell’s UN address more convincing. This theory is very plausible.

Cause and Effect

 * ===Causes=== || ===Effects=== ||
 * 9/11 || American people united and ready to fight terrorists ||
 * Bush and Cheney have deep roots in oil || Controversy going into 3rd most oil populated country, sparked many conspiracy theories. ||
 * Saddam Hussein killed || US public questions why there is still military presence in Iraq ||

Conclusion
George Bush and Dick Cheney’s reasons for war are undeniable. Their involvement in the Iraq War, I believe, was for oil. The fact that there had been much protest by many people inside their own administration including the head of state, Colin Powell, a widely renowned and respected former general, must have been a warning sign of fowl play. Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve under the Bush administration, said, “I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.” There was international uproar from the UN and many US allies like France and Germany against the war. There have been no weapons of mass destruction found. The UN inspectors searching for the weapons found none. The French and German inspectors found no WMDs. Colin Powell was forced to push the war on the UN by the Bush administration. Dick Cheney has close ties with many oil companies and so does Bush. Halliburton, Cheney’s former company, is drilling for oil in many countries with conflicts. One of their radioactive tools for detecting oil went missing from one of Halliburton’s compounds in Africa. The UN is still searching for this tool today. There is speculation that Halliburton is using the tool in Iraq to detect oil fields. Also, there is no clear reason for war in Iraq. At first, it was for WMD’s. Next, America found Saddam Hussein. Now, America is trying to stabilize and rebuild Iraq. This shows that the Bush administration is searching for reasons to stay in Iraq. They may be trying to cover up the true reason for the war: oil. In the end, the Iraq War was a war for oil and nothing else. There is overwhelming factual evidence for this conclusion including admissions from people insided the Bush administration.

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