Iraq

The real reason for the Iraq war may never be known. Perhaps there wasn't one. Sure, the oil must have had something to do with it. But perhaps a clearer reason is that the elites in America knew where the economic trends were going and thought that they'd better give their troops some training in urban warfare against pissed off civilians. The way things are going, the GI's are going to need all the experience they have gleaned in dealing with irate Iraqis in quelling the coming insurrections in the US. Have you seen Athens recently?