The president's real goal in Iraq

The president's real goal in Iraq: "See Also: Global Eye -- Dark Passage: Not since 'Mein Kampf' has a geopolitical punch been so blatantly telegraphed, years ahead of the blow. The president's real goal in Iraq By JAY BOOKMAN 29 September 2002. The official story on Iraq has never made sense. The connection that the Bush administration has tried to draw between Iraq and al-Qaida has always seemed contrived and artificial. In fact, it was hard to believe that smart people in the Bush administration would start a major war based on such flimsy evidence. The pieces just didn't fit. Something else had to be going on; something was missing. In recent days, those missing pieces have finally begun to fall into place. As it turns out, this is not really about Iraq. It is not about weapons of mass destruction, or terrorism, or Saddam, or U.N. resolutions. This war, should it come, is intended to mark the official emergence of the United States as a full-fledged global empire, seizing sole responsibility and authority as planetary policeman. It would be the culmination of a plan 10 years or more in the making, carried out by those who believe the United States must seize". continued.....as relevant today as it was in '02. This is American foriegn policy. The "war on terror" was only the excuse, the cover under which world domination by US forces is proceeding.