I WAS WRONG...This whole thing IS about oil.

[The_Rorschach]

"I think this is what Bush senior recent speech on "Not holding grudges" was about. He's warning junior not to use Irqaqs oil supply to punish our recalicitrant allies, the French, Germans, Russians, et al."
-Burbank

I disagree. I personally think it was a thinly veiled threat to the old European nations, and letting them know what the potential is for their continued hostilities to American policy in the Middle East.