No logic. IMO the U.S. 'military-industrial complex," (as former president and leading WWII general called it)...

... the military-industrail complex that is one of the ruling forces in our nation wants to stay in Iraq for the oil.

The problem now is that the prime excuse for justifying the invasion and current occupation of Iraq is a UN resolution - but that resolution expires in December this year, 2008.

So the U.S. has to come up with some other piece of paper to pretend to justify their occupation, so they want this 'contract,' signed, this so-called SOFA -- a Status of Forces Agreement.

Bush wants this SOFA because that way, he claims, he doesn't need the approval of Congress, that ...

No logic. IMO the U.S. 'military-industrial complex," (as former president and leading WWII general called it)...

... the military-industrail complex that is one of the ruling forces in our nation wants to stay in Iraq for the oil.

The problem now is that the prime excuse for justifying the invasion and current occupation of Iraq is a UN resolution - but that resolution expires in December this year, 2008.

So the U.S. has to come up with some other piece of paper to pretend to justify their occupation, so they want this 'contract,' signed, this so-called SOFA -- a Status of Forces Agreement.

Bush wants this SOFA because that way, he claims, he doesn't need the approval of Congress, that way avoiding discussing on the war, once again.

SOFA is a scam used here and used to justify other covert military actions.

BUT -- the Iraqi's aren't falling for it; they oppose it.

Withdrawal to their bases? Well, maybe they hope violence will break out and they can pretend to be the Good Sheriff once again.

Humm...we bumped into a similar idea on another thread. Why war? Why (on other thread) conquest of Native American Indians.

Apparently I'm a Marxist -- someone once told me.

"A Marxist!" I replied, "What the hell are you talking about."

"Well," this professor explained, "You believe all wars are fought for economic reasons."

"Oh?" I replied.

"Yes," he said. "That's one of the tenets of Marxist."

At that time, I didn't know that.

BTW - although I'm sure we could find some Marxist living in the basement of a hovel in NYC, or hiding out in a coffee shop in San Francisco, the idea of 'being a Marxist" in this country at this time is pretty much a joke, an absurd accusation. Nobody I know ...

Humm...we bumped into a similar idea on another thread. Why war? Why (on other thread) conquest of Native American Indians.

Apparently I'm a Marxist -- someone once told me.

"A Marxist!" I replied, "What the hell are you talking about."

"Well," this professor explained, "You believe all wars are fought for economic reasons."

"Oh?" I replied.

"Yes," he said. "That's one of the tenets of Marxist."

At that time, I didn't know that.

BTW - although I'm sure we could find some Marxist living in the basement of a hovel in NYC, or hiding out in a coffee shop in San Francisco, the idea of 'being a Marxist" in this country at this time is pretty much a joke, an absurd accusation. Nobody I know is a Marxist, including myself.

But -- it seemed Karl Marx and I (and others)...on separate pathways, came to the same conclusion on that one point about the reasons for war: ECONOMIC.

People want other people's land. People want other people's oil. People want other people's gold, etc. etc.

To talk about wanting to spread freedom, liberty or democracy to other nations is a joke; I honestly can't believe how anyone could believe it for one second.

But, they do believe it, apparently.