BuzzFlash Interview: Greg Palast Uncovers the 'Armed Madhouse' of the Bush Reign

We have been saying this for two years.

The war in Iraq has served to slow down oil production in an ever-expanding consumer market and boost consumption. It takes a helluva lot of oil to fight a war, let alone two.. Then there were the tax breaks for buying the biggest SUVs available and the announced patriotism of consuming, traveling; using as many petroleum products as we could possible find.

Bush's buddies and supporters are becoming wealthy beyond most people's ability to even imagine.

It's the corporatists, stupid!



BuzzFlash Interview: Greg Palast Uncovers the 'Armed Madhouse' of the Bush Reign:

"We were screaming in the streets: no blood for oil, which, of course, you know, most Americans consider a bargain, blood for oil, as long as it's not their blood, right? But in fact, it wasn't blood for oil. It was blood for no oil. It was blood to make sure that not too much oil would flow and bust the market. Oil had been down under Bill Clinton to eighteen bucks a barrel. Now it's over $70 a barrel. -- Greg Palast"